Accumulation of hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine in channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) and aquatic oligochaetes (Lumbriculus variegatus)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1962-1967

  Belden, Jason B ^a   Lotufo, Guilherme R ^b   Lydy, Michael J ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioconcentration; Dietary uptake; Ictalurus punctatus; Lumbriculus variegatus; RDX

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FISHERIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REACTION KINETICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXIC MATERIALS; TOXICITY;

BIOCONCENTRATION FACTORS; DIETARY EXPOSURE; TOXIC EFFECTS; TOXICOKINETICS;

EXPLOSIVES;

CYCLONITE; WATER;

AQUATIC ORGANISM; BIOACCUMULATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EXPLOSIVE;

ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHANNEL CATFISH; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HALF LIFE TIME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPARISON; TOXICOKINETICS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; ICTALURIDAE; OLIGOCHAETA; TRIAZINES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ICTALURUS PUNCTATUS; INVERTEBRATA; LUMBRICULUS VARIEGATUS;

EID: 23744511534     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/04-477R.1     Document Type: Article

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