Time course of metal loss in Lumbriculus variegatus following sediment exposure

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 886-889

  Dawson, Timothy D ^a   Lott, Kevin G ^a   Leonard, Edward N ^b   Mount, David R ^b  

^a SoBran   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation test; Depuration; Metal; Oligochaete; Sediment

Indexed keywords

SEDIMENTS; TOXICITY; WATER;

CLEAN WATER DEPURATED METALS;

MATERIALS SCIENCE;

CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; METAL; WATER; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TESTING METHOD;

ANNELID WORM; BIOACCUMULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; LUMBRICULUS VARIEGATUS; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SEDIMENT; SOIL POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS, HEAVY; OLIGOCHAETA; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; ANNELIDA; INVERTEBRATA; LUMBRICULUS VARIEGATUS; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA);

EID: 0037906159     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(2003)022<0886:TCOMLI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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