Acute and chronic toxicity of nitrate to early life stages of lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) and lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2187-2196

  McGurk, Michael D ^a   Landry, François ^a   Tang, Armando ^b   Hanks, Chris C ^c  

^a Rescan Environmental Services   (Canada)

^b GOLDER ASSOCIATES LTD   (Canada)

^c BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lake trout; Lake whitefish embryos; Nitrate

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); LAKES; NITRATES; TOXICITY; WATER QUALITY;

CHRONIC TOXICITY; COREGONUS CLUPEAFORMIS; LAKE TROUT; LAKE WHITEFISH EMBRYOS;

LAKE POLLUTION;

NITRATE;

BODY SIZE; EMBRYO; NITRATE; SALMONID; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TEST; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COREGONUS CLUPEAFORMIS; EXPOSURE VARIABLE; FISH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH; TOXICITY TESTING; TROUT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; GUIDELINES; NITRATES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALMONIDAE; TROUT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AMPHIBIA; COREGONUS CLUPEAFORMIS; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH;

EID: 33751042941     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/05-270R.1     Document Type: Article

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