Do laboratory salinity tolerances of freshwater animals correspond with their field salinity?

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 355-362

  Kefford, Ben J ^a   Papas, Phil J ^b   Metzeling, Leon ^c   Nugegoda, Dayanthi ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c VIC Environment Protection Authority   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecotoxicity; Electrical conductivity; Salinity; Validation

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; MICROORGANISMS; SALINE WATER; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

FRESHWATER; SALINITY;

WATER POLLUTION;

FISH; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FISH; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; LC 50; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; SALINITY; SALT TOLERANCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISHES; FRESH WATER; INVERTEBRATES; LETHAL DOSE 50; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 1542299083     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2003.12.005     Document Type: Article

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