Sediment elutriate toxicity testing with embryos of sea urchin (Paracentrotus lividus)

Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 215-221

  Marin, M G ^a   Da Ros, L ^b   Moschino, V ^a   Campesan, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aqueous extracts; Bioassay; Lagoon of Venice; Pollution

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011139801     PISSN: 14634988     EISSN: 15394077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14634980127709     Document Type: Article

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