Survival time of Ceriodaphnia dubia in acid waters with metal contamination

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 130-136

  Ribeiro, R ^a   Lopes, I ^a   Pereira, A M M ^a   Goncalves F ^b   Soares, A M V M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID; COPPER; METAL;

ACIDIFICATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAPHNIA; IMMOBILIZATION; NONHUMAN; PH; SURVIVAL TIME; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; COPPER SULFATE; DAPHNIA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL RATE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; CERIODAPHNIA DUBIA; DAPHNIA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033986730     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289910020     Document Type: Article

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