Comparison of short-term chronic and chronic silver toxicity to fathead minnows in unamended and sodium chloride-amended waters

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1922-1930

  Naddy, Rami B ^a   Rehner, Anita B ^a   McNerney, Gina R ^a   Gorsuch, Joseph W ^b   Kramer, James R ^c   Wood, Chris M ^c   Paquin, Paul R ^d   Stubblefield, William A ^e  

^a ENSR Consulting and Engineering Fort Collins   (United States)

^b Gorsuch Environmental Management Services Inc   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d HydroQual Inc   (United States)

^e Parametrix Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Early life stage exposure; Pimephales promelas; Short term chronic exposure; Sodium chloride

Indexed keywords

ADDITION REACTIONS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FLOW PATTERNS; SILVER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TOXICITY;

EARLY LIFE STAGE EXPOSURE; FLOW CONDITIONS; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; SHORT-TERM CHRONIC EXPOSURE;

FISH;

SILVER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYPRINID; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SILVER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TOXICITY;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ARTICLE; BODY BURDEN; CHRONIC TOXICITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; CYPRINIDAE; SILVER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TIME FACTORS; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

PIMEPHALES PROMELAS;

EID: 34547946044     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/06-638R.1     Document Type: Article

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