Water-sediment interactions for Hyalella azteca exposed to uranium-spiked sediment

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 187-199

  Alves, L C ^a,b   Borgmann, U ^b   Dixon, D G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Biotic ligand model; Hyalella azteca; Toxicity; Uranium

Indexed keywords

URANIUM;

AMPHIPOD; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CALCIUM; PH; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; TOXICITY; URANIUM; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ADSORPTION; ALKALINITY; AMPHIPODA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTIC LIGAND MODEL; HYALELLA AZTECA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER HARDNESS;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LETHAL DOSE 50; URANYL NITRATE;

ANIMALIA; HYALELLA AZTECA;

EID: 41549105713     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2008.01.016     Document Type: Article

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