Whole-body accumulation of copper predicts acute toxicity to an aquatic oligochaete (Lumbriculus variegatus) as pH and calcium are varied

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 133, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 99-109

  Meyer, Joseph S ^a   Boese, Connie J ^a   Collyard, Scott A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Acute toxicity; Biotic ligand model; Copper; Hardness; Lumbriculus variegatus; PH

Indexed keywords

CATION; COPPER; COPPER ION; INORGANIC COMPOUND;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; BINDING COMPETITION; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; METAL BINDING; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE LEVEL; WATER HARDNESS; WATER QUALITY;

LUMBRICULUS VARIEGATUS;

EID: 0036753732     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1532-0456(02)00103-5     Document Type: Article

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