Influence of flow-through and renewal exposures on the toxicity of copper to rainbow trout

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 199-208

  Welsh, Paul G ^a   Lipton, Joshua ^a   Mebane, Christopher A ^b   Marr, John C A ^a  

^a ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioassay; Biotic ligand model; Copper; DOC; Flow through; Organic carbon; Rainbow trout; Renewal; TOC

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARBON; COPPER; COPPER COMPLEX; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FULVIC ACID; ORGANIC CARBON;

BIOASSAY; BIOAVAILABILITY; COPPER; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; LIGAND; SALMONID; TOXICITY; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOTIC LIGAND MODEL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEAVY METAL POISONING; LC 50; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; RAINBOW TROUT; WATER ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CARBON; COPPER; LETHAL DOSE 50; METALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS;

EID: 36549036216     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2007.04.003     Document Type: Article

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