Risk assessment of water quality in three North Carolina, USA, streams supporting federally endangered freshwater mussels (Unionidae)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2075-2085

  Ward, Sara ^a   Augspurger, Tom ^a   Dwyer, F James ^b   Kane, Cindy ^c   Ingersoll, Christopher G ^d  

^a US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^b US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^c US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^d Jackson Field Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological risk assessment; Freshwater mussels; Site specific standards; Stream monitoring; Wastewater treatment plant

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CHLORINE; COPPER; DATA ACQUISITION; ECOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

FRESHWATER MUSSELS; SITE SPECIFIC STANDARDS; STREAM MONITORING; WASTEWATER SOURCES;

WATER QUALITY;

AMMONIA; CHLORINE; NITROGEN;

AMMONIA; BIOMONITORING; BIVALVE; CHLORINE; COPPER; ENDANGERED SPECIES; NITROGEN; RISK ASSESSMENT; STREAMWATER; TOXICITY; WATER QUALITY;

ALASMIDONTA HETERODON; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; LASMIGONA DECORATA; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNIONIDAE; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FRESH WATER; NORTH CAROLINA; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; POTOMAC RIVER; TAR RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ALASMIDONTA HETERODON; ANSER; LASMIGONA DECORATA; UNIONIDAE;

EID: 35348870330     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/06-561R.1     Document Type: Article

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