Effect of culture water hardness on the sensitivity of Ceriodaphnia dubia to copper toxicity

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1269-1271

  Naddy, Rami B ^a   Stern, Gina R ^a   Gensemer, Robert W ^a  

^a ENSR Consulting and Engineering Fort Collins   (United States)

Author keywords

Acclimation; Acute toxicity; Ceriodaphnia dubia; Copper; Hardness

Indexed keywords

COPPER; HARDNESS; MICROORGANISMS; TOXICITY;

WATER HARDNESS;

WATER ANALYSIS;

COPPER; WATER;

TOXICITY TEST;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CERIODAPHNIA DUBIA; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; COPPER METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; INVERTEBRATE; MEDIAN EFFECTIVE CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COMMUNITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER HARDNESS;

ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; ANIMALS; CLADOCERA; COPPER; LETHAL DOSE 50; WATER;

ANIMALIA; CERIODAPHNIA DUBIA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0041315720     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(2003)022<1269:EOCWHO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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