Effect of acclimation period on the relationship of acute copper toxicity to water hardness for fathead minnows

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 813-815

  Erickson, Russel J ^a   Kleiner, Charles F ^a   Fiandt, James T ^a   Highland, Terry L ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acclimation; Copper; Fathead minnow; Hardness; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

COPPER;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FISH; LC 50; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER HARDNESS;

ANIMALIA; CYPRINIFORMES; PHOXINUS PHOXINUS; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS;

EID: 0030901055     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1997)016<0813:EOAPOT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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