Relative acute effects of low pH and high iron on the hatching and survival of the water mite (Arrenurus manubriator) and the aquatic insect (Chironomus riparius)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2144-2150

  Rousch, Jeffrey M ^a   Simmons, Thomas W ^a   Kerans, Billie L ^a   Smith, Bruce P ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b ITHACA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrenurus manubriator; Chironomus riparius; Iron; PH; Toxicity tests

Indexed keywords

IRON;

HATCHING; IRON; MIDGE; PH; SURVIVAL; WATER MITE;

ADOLESCENT; AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; ECOTOXICITY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; HATCHING; INSECT; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE; MALE; MITE; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY TESTING;

EID: 0030770415     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1997)016<2144:RAEOLP>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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