The toxicity of malathion to unionid mussels: Relationship to expected environmental concentrations

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1028-1033

  Keller, Anne E ^a,b   Ruessler, D Shane ^a  

^a National Biological Service   (United States)

^b EPA ESD   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Malathion; Mussels; Unionids

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; MALATHION;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HALF LIFE TIME; LC 50; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; LAMPSILIS SILIQUOIDEA; LAMPSILIS STRAMINEA CLAIBORNENSIS; UNIONIDAE; UTTERBACKIA IMBECILLIS; VILLOSA LIENOSA;

EID: 0030905689     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620160524     Document Type: Article

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