Toxicity and bioaccumulation of a mixture of heavy metals in Chironomus tentans (Diptera: Chironomidae) in synthetic sediment

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 317-327

  Harrahy, Elisabeth A ^a   Clements, William H ^a  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Chironomus tentans; Heavy metals; Synthetic sediment; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHIRONOMIDAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; TOXICITY;

CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS TENTANS; DIPTERA;

EID: 0031054840     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1997)016<0317:TABOAM>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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