Chlorine toxicity to early life stages of freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2512-2518

  Valenti, Theodore W ^a   Cherry, Donald S ^a   Currie, Rebecca J ^b   Neves, Richard J ^a   Jones, Jess W ^c   Mair, Rachel ^a   Kane, Cynthia M ^c  

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

^b ROANOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorine; Freshwater mussels; Glochidia; Juveniles; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CHLORINE; FISHERIES; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; TOXICITY;

FRESHWATER MUSSELS; GLOCHIDIA; VILLOSA IRIS JUVENILES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WATER POLLUTION;

CHLORINE;

BIOASSAY; BIVALVE; CHLORINE; GROWTH RATE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; JUVENILE; LIFE CYCLE; SURVIVORSHIP; TOXICITY;

BIOASSAY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TESTING; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIVALVE; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIFE CYCLE; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

BIVALVIA; EPIOBLASMA CAPSAEFORMIS; GLOCHIDIA; UNIONIDAE; VILLOSA IRIS;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; CHLORINE; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 33750599007     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/05-527R1.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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