The sediment-contact test using the ostracod Heterocypris incongruens: Effect of fine sediments and determination of toxicity thresholds

Chemosphere

Volumn 151, Issue , 2016, Pages 220-224

  Casado Martinez, M Carmen ^a   Burga Pérez, Karen F ^b   Bebon, Rebecca ^a   Férard, Jean François ^b   Vermeirssen, Etienne L M ^c   Werner, Inge ^c  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Clay content; Grain size; Ostracodtoxkit ; Sediment toxicity; Toxicity threshold

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CLAY; TESTING; TOXICITY;

CLAY CONTENT; FINE SEDIMENTS; GRAIN SIZE; SEDIMENT CONTACT TEST; SEDIMENT PROPERTIES; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; SEDIMENT TOXICITY; SUBLETHAL TOXICITY;

SEDIMENTS;

FRESH WATER;

BIOASSAY; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GRAIN SIZE; GROWTH RATE; KAOLIN; MORTALITY; OSTRACOD; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; THRESHOLD; TOXICITY TEST;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; GROWTH INHIBITION; HETEROCYPRIS INCONGRUENS; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OSTRACOD; PARAMETRIC TEST; SEDIMENT; TOXICITY TESTING; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CRUSTACEA; DRUG EFFECTS; ECOTOXICOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

HETEROCYPRIS INCONGRUENS; OSTRACODA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CRUSTACEA; ECOTOXICOLOGY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 84960414887     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.01.126     Document Type: Article

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