Chronic toxicity of silver to the sea urchin (Arbacia punctulata)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1568-1573

  Ward, Timothy J ^a,d   Kramer, James R ^b   Boeri, Robert L ^a   Gorsuch, Joseph W ^c  

^a TR Wilbury Laboratories   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Gorsuch Environmental Management Services Inc   (United States)

^d GRADIENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Arbacia punctulata; Chronic toxicity; Marine water quality criteria; Silver; Silver speciation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; MARINE BIOLOGY; SEAWATER; TOXIC MATERIALS; TOXICITY; WATER QUALITY;

ARBACIA PUNCTULATA; CHRONIC TOXICITY; MARINE WATER-QUALITY CRITERIA; SILVER SPECIATION;

SILVER;

LIGAND; SEA WATER; SILVER; SILVER NITRATE; SULFIDE;

DATA SET; ECHINODERM; EMBRYO; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); SALINITY; SEAWATER; SILVER; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TEST;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARBACIA; ARBACIA PUNCTULATA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; SEA URCHIN; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; THEORETICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY;

ARBACIA PUNCTULATA; ECHINOIDEA;

ANIMALS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEA URCHINS; SILVER;

EID: 33746576429     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/05-299R.1     Document Type: Article

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