Relative acute toxicity of acid mine drainage water column and sediments to Daphnia magna in the Puckett's Creek watershed, Virginia, USA

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 305-310

  Soucek, D J ^a   Cherry, D S ^a   Trent, G C ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Division of Mined Land Reclamation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRIC HYDROXIDE; HEAVY METAL; IRON; OXYGEN; PYRITE; SULFURIC ACID; WATER;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; AQUATIC ORGANISM; CRUSTACEAN; POLLUTION EFFECT; TOXICITY TEST;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAPHNIA; LC 50; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; WATER ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; DAPHNIA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LETHAL DOSE 50; MINING; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CLADOCERA; CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034000519     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002449910040     Document Type: Article

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