Acute and chronic toxicity of mercury to early life stages of the rainbow mussel, Villosa iris (bivalvia: unionidae)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1242-1246

  Valenti, Theodore W ^a   Cherry, Donald S ^a   Neves, Richard J ^a   Schmerfeld, John ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Virginia Field Office   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic; Freshwater mussel; Glochidia; Juvenile; Mercury

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH CARE; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; SALTS; TOXICITY;

CHRONIC TOXICITY; FRESHWATER MUSSELS; GLOCHIDIA; HUMAN HEALTH;

BIODIVERSITY;

MERCURIC CHLORIDE; MERCURY;

BIVALVE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; TOXICITY;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; BASS; BIOASSAY; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; JUVENILE; LC 50; LIFE HISTORY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MORTALITY; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTING; VILLOSA IRIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; FRESH WATER; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MERCURY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTS, CHRONIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BIVALVIA; UNIONIDAE; VILLOSA IRIS;

EID: 18244410164     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/04-261R.1     Document Type: Article

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