Toxicity of sixty-three metals and metalloids to Hyalella azteca at two levels of water hardness

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 641-652

  Borgmann, Uwe ^a   Couillard, Yves ^a   Doyle, Patrick ^a   Dixon, D George ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hyalella azteca; Metals; Periodic table; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CALCIUM; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; METALLOIDS; METALS; NEGATIVE IONS; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; WATER POLLUTION;

FRESHWATER; HARD WATER; HYALELLA AZTECA; SOFT WATER;

TOXICITY;

ALUMINUM; ANION; ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CERIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; GERMANIUM; LAKE WATER; LEAD; LUTETIUM; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MERCURY; METAL; NICKEL; OSMIUM; PLATINUM; POTASSIUM; PRASEODYMIUM; SELENIUM; SILVER; SODIUM; THALLIUM; URANIUM; YTTERBIUM; ZINC;

AMPHIPOD; HARDNESS; HEAVY METAL; TOXICITY;

AMPHIPODA; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION; CANADA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAPHNIA; HYALELLA AZTECA; LC 50; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER HARDNESS;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; LETHAL DOSE 50; METALS; ONTARIO; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE ONTARIO; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALIA; AZTECA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; HYALELLA AZTECA;

EID: 13944269451     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/04-177R.1     Document Type: Article

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