Hazard assessment of inorganics, individually and in mixtures, to two endangered fish in the San Juan River, New Mexico

Environmental Toxicology and Water Quality

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 195-209

  Hamilton, Steven J ^a   Buhl, Kevin J ^a  

^a Yankton Field Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity tests; Hazard assessment; Inorganics; Ptychocheilus lucius; Xyrauchen texanus

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC ACID; COPPER; INORGANIC COMPOUND; SELENATE; SELENITE;

COLORADO SQUAWFISH; ENDANGERED FISH; INORGANIC CONTAMINANT; RAZORBACK SUCKER; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TEST;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FISH; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY TESTING; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

USA, NEW MEXICO, SAN JUAN RIVER;

ANIMALIA; CATOSTOMIDAE; PTYCHOCHEILUS LUCIUS; XYRAUCHEN TEXANUS;

EID: 0030740726     PISSN: 10534725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2256(1997)12:3<195::AID-TOX1>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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