Acute toxicity of arsenic to three species of New Zealand chironomids: Chironomus zealandicus, Chironomus sp. a and Polypedilum pavidus (Diptera, Chironomidae)

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 708-715

  Jeyasingham, K ^a,b   Ling, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b Dubbo City Council   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; FRESH WATER; LAKE WATER;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ARTICLE; CHIRONOMIDAE; ECOTOXICITY; INSECT; LC 50; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ARSENIC; CHIRONOMIDAE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; LARVA; LETHAL DOSE 50; TEMPERATURE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS SP.; CHIRONOMUS ZEALANDICUS; DIPTERA; INSECTA; POLYPEDILUM;

EID: 0034041908     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001280000061     Document Type: Article

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