Validation and update of a model used to predict copper toxicity to the marine bivalve Mytilus sp.

Environmental Toxicology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 65-70

  Arnold, W R ^a   Cotsifas, J S ^b   Corneillie, K M ^c  

^a Pipe and Fittings   (United States)

^b Pacific EcoRisk   (United States)

^c Larry Walker Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Copper; Model; Mytilus; Saltwater; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MARINE BIOLOGY; TOXICITY;

DATA SETS; SALTWATER; SITE-SPECIFIC CRITERIA (SSC);

COPPER;

CARBON; COPPER; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; SEA WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIVALVE; COPPER; MODEL VALIDATION; TOXICITY;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIVALVE; CALCULATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ESTUARY; INDICATOR ORGANISM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALINITY; TAXON; TOXICITY TESTING; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; CARBON; COPPER; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FORECASTING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYTILUS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEAWATER; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; MYTILUS; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; MYTILUS SP.;

EID: 33244493341     PISSN: 15204081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tox.20156     Document Type: Article

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