The relative importance of water hardness and chloride levels in modifying the acute toxicity of silver to rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2363-2368

  Galvez, Fernando ^a   Wood, Chris M ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chloride; Hardness; LC50; Rainbow trout; Silver nitrate

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM SULFATE; CHLORIDE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SILVER NITRATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; LC 50; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAINBOW TROUT; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER HARDNESS; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALIA; MYKISS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 0030757552     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1997)016<2363:TRIOWH>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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