Evaluation of laboratory derived toxic effect concentrations of a mixture of metals by testing fresh water plankton communities in enclosures

Water Research

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1215-1227

  Jak, R G ^a   Maas, J L ^b   Scholten, M C Th ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b INST INLAND WATER MGMT WASTE W   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Combination toxicity; Daphnia; Enclosures; Metals; Plankton

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; FRESH WATER; LEAD; MERCURY; METAL; NICKEL; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; COPEPOD; DAPHNIA; HELMINTH; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER POLLUTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

CERIODAPHNIA; COPEPODA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; ROTIFERA; VERMES; CLADOCERA;

EXTRAPOLATION; HEAVY METAL; LABORATORY STUDY; NATURAL COMMUNITY;

BIOMASS; ENCLOSURES; METALS; MICROORGANISMS; MIXTURES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY; WATER ANALYSIS;

BIOCONCENTRATION; CLADOCERAN SPECIES; COPEPODS; EXTRAPOLATION; FRESHWATER PLANKTON; PLANKTONS; ROTIFERS;

WATER QUALITY;

EID: 0029661752     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0043-1354(95)00272-3     Document Type: Article

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