Advances and opportunities in assessing contaminant sensitivity of freshwater mussel (Unionidae) early life stages

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2025-2028

  Augspurger, Tom ^a   Dwyer, F James ^b   Ingersoll, Christopher G ^c   Kane, Cynthia M ^d  

^a US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^b US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^c Jackson Field Research Station   (United States)

^d US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CHLOROTHALONIL; COPPER; GLYPHOSATE;

EDITORIAL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; LIFE CYCLE; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY; UNIONIDAE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; FRESH WATER; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

UNIONIDAE;

EID: 35348869157     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/07-011.1     Document Type: Editorial

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