Winter third- to fourth-instar larvae of Chironomus plumosus as bioassay tools for assessment of acute toxicity of metals and their binary combinations

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-5

  Fargašová, Agáta ^a  

^a SLOVAK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Aluminum; Antagonism; Cadmium; Chironomus plumosus; Copper; Metal interactions; Mortality; Synergism; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CADMIUM; COPPER; ZINC;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHIRONOMIDAE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; LARVA; LC 50; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0035148493     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/eesa.2000.1980     Document Type: Article

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