Sensitivity of mottled sculpins (Cottus bairdi) and rainbow trout (Onchorhynchus mykiss) to acute and chronic toxicity of cadmium, copper, and zinc

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1657-1665

  Besser, John M ^a   Mebane, Christopher A ^b   Mount, David R ^c   Ivey, Chris D ^a   Kunz, James L ^a   Greer, I Eugene ^a   May, Thomas W ^a   Ingersoll, Christopher G ^a  

^a Jackson Field Research Station   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cottidae; Metal toxicity; Salmonidae; Stream fishes; Water quality criteria

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; LIGANDS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STREAM FLOW; TOXICITY; WATER QUALITY;

METAL TOXICITY; SALMONIDAE; STREAM FISHES; WATER QUALITY CRITERIA;

FISH;

CADMIUM; COPPER; ZINC;

CADMIUM; COPPER; PERCIFORM; SALMONID; STREAM; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TEST; WATER QUALITY; ZINC;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTTUS BAIRDI; FEMALE; FRESHWATER FISH; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAINBOW TROUT; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; CADMIUM; COPPER; GNATHOSTOMA; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TROUT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZINC;

MINNESOTA; MISSOURI; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

COTTIDAE; COTTUS; COTTUS BAIRDII; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PISCES; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 34547948973     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/06-571R.1     Document Type: Article

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