A new plant-based bioassay for aquatic sediments

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 261-266

  Feiler, Ute ^a   Kirchesch, Ilona ^a   Heininger, Peter ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioaasay; Lemna minor; Macrophyes; Myriophyllum aquaticum; Phytotoxicity; Sediment assessment; Sediment contact test; Sediments; Toxicity; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; BIOASSAY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; PHYTOTOXICITY; POLLUTION MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEMNA; LEMNA MINOR; MYRIOPHYLLUM; MYRIOPHYLLUM AQUATICUM;

EID: 84930485592     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1065/jss2004.10.112     Document Type: Article

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