Methods for Assessing the Toxicity of Sediment-associated Contaminants with Estuarine and Marine Amphipods

EPA Number:	600R94025
Date of Publication:	June, 1994
Pages:	157
Audience	concerned citizens, industry
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	WEB	http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/library/sediment/marinemethod.pdf
	NTIS	# PB95-177374	Ordering Information

A laboratory method is described for determining the short-term toxicity of contaminated whole sediments using marine and estuarine amphipod crustaceans. More...

Keywords:
Sediments
Toxicity
Estuaries
Amphipoda
Marine Animals
Survival
Crustacea
Test Methods
Laboratories
Temperature
Salinity
Aquatic Environment
Water Pollution
Tracer Techniques
Reburial
Ampelisca Abdita
Eohaustorius Estuarius