The influence of water hardness, pH, and suspended solids on nickel toxicity to larval fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas)

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 133, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 215-226

  Pyle, G G ^a,b   Swanson, S M ^b   Lehmkuhl, D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fathead minnow; Fish; Nickel toxicity; pH; Total suspended solids; Water hardness

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENTS; HARDNESS; NICKEL; PH EFFECTS; TOXICITY;

SUSPENDED SOLIDS;

WATER POLLUTION;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; FRESH WATER; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; NICKEL;

FISH; HARDNESS; NICKEL; PH; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TOXICITY;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH DISEASE; GILL; HEAVY METAL POISONING; INDUSTRIAL AREA; LARVA; LC 50; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MINING; NONHUMAN; PH; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SUSPENSION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER HARDNESS;

ANIMALIA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; CYPRINIFORMES; PHOXINUS PHOXINUS; PIMEPHALES; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS;

EID: 0036164046     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012973728628     Document Type: Article

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