Sensitivity of the glochidia (larvae) of freshwater mussels to copper: Assessing the effect of water hardness and dissolved organic carbon on the sensitivity of endangered species

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 137-145

  Gillis, Patricia L ^a   Mitchell, Rebecca J ^a   Schwalb, Astrid N ^a   McNichols, Kelly A ^a   Mackie, Gerald L ^a   Wood, Chris M ^b   Ackerman, Josef D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Actinonaias ligamentina; Biotic Ligand Model; Conglutinates; Copper toxicity; Endangered species; Epioblasma torulosa rangiana; Epioblasma triquetra; Freshwater mussels; Glochidia; Lampsilis fasciola; Lampsilis siliquoidea; Liguma recta; Obovaria subrotunda; Ptychobranchus fasciolaris; Villosa fabalis; Water chemistry

Indexed keywords

COPPER; HUMIC ACID;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIVALVE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; COPPER; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HARDNESS; LARVA; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TOXICITY; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE; FRESHWATER SPECIES; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER HARDNESS; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; CARBON; COPPER; FRESH WATER; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; LARVA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ACTINONAIAS LIGAMENTINA; EPIOBLASMA TORULOSA RANGIANA; EPIOBLASMA TRIQUETRA; GLOCHIDIA; LAMPSILIS FASCIOLA; LAMPSILIS SILIQUOIDEA; OBOVARIA SUBROTUNDA; PTYCHOBRANCHUS FASCIOLARIS; VILLOSA FABALIS;

EID: 44449084862     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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