Investigations on sediment toxicity of German rivers applying a standardized bioassay battery

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 22, Issue 21, 2015, Pages 16358-16370

  Hafner, Christoph ^a   Gartiser, Stefan ^a   Garcia Käufer, Manuel ^a,b   Schiwy, Sabrina ^b   Hercher, Christoph ^a   Meyer, Wiebke ^c   Achten, Christine ^c   Larsson, Maria ^d   Engwall, Magnus ^d   Keiter, Steffen ^b,d   Hollert, Henner ^b  

^a Hydrotox GmbH   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Algae growth inhibition test; Ames test; Daphnia acute toxicity test; Ecotoxicology; Fish acute toxicity test; Lemna growth inhibition test; Luminescent bacteria test; Mutagenicity; Sediment; Soxhlet extract; umuC test

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BIOASSAY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOTOXICOLOGY; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; INHIBITION; LUMINESCENCE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MUTAGENICITY; RESEARCH PROGRAM; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SOLVENT; STANDARDIZATION; TOXICITY TEST;

ELBE RIVER; ENGLAND; GERMANY; HAMBURG [GERMANY]; HERTFORDSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; VER RIVER;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DAPHNIA; LEMNA;

WATER POLLUTANT;

ALIIVIBRIO FISCHERI; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DAPHNIA; DRUG EFFECTS; ECOTOXICOLOGY; GREEN ALGA; LD50; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; SEDIMENT; STANDARD; STANDARDS; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER POLLUTANT; ZEBRA FISH;

ALIIVIBRIO FISCHERI; ANIMALS; CHLOROPHYTA; DAPHNIA; ECOTOXICOLOGY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LETHAL DOSE 50; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TOXICITY TESTS, ACUTE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84945487015     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-015-4482-y     Document Type: Article

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