Acute toxicity of heavy metals towards freshwater ciliated protists

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-7

  Madoni, Paolo ^a   Romeo, Maria Giuseppa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

24 h LC50; Acute toxicity; Ciliated protozoa; Freshwater; Heavy metals

Indexed keywords

24-H LC50; ACUTE TOXICITY; CILIATED PROTOZOA; FRESHWATER;

CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; PROTOZOA; TOXICITY;

HEAVY METALS;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; FRESH WATER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; NICKEL;

CILIATE; HEAVY METAL; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTION;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ARTICLE; CILIATE; ECOTOXICITY; EUPLOTES; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTION;

ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; ANIMALS; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; CILIOPHORA; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; LEAD; LETHAL DOSE 50; METALS, HEAVY; NICKEL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CILIOPHORA; COLPIDIUM COLPODA; DEXIOTRICHA; EUPLOTES; EUPLOTES AEDICULATUS; HALTERIA GRANDINELLA; MYXOZOA; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 33644975739     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2005.08.025     Document Type: Article

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