Chronic toxicity of ammonia to New Zealand freshwater invertebrates: A mesocosm study

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 338-351

  Hickey, C W ^a   Golding, L A ^a   Martin, M L ^a   Croker, G F ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; FRESH WATER;

AMMONIA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; MACROINVERTEBRATE; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC TOXICITY; ECOSYSTEM; INVERTEBRATE; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

NEW ZEALAND;

ANIMALIA; BERAEOPTERA RORIA; COLOBURISCUS; COLOBURISCUS HUMERALIS; CONFLUENS; CONOESUCIDAE; DELEATIDIUM; EPHEMEROPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPTOPHLEBIIDAE; OLIGONEURIIDAE; PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 0032842896     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002449900523     Document Type: Article

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