The effect of water chemistry on the acute toxicity of nickel to the cladoceran Daphnia pulex and the development of a biotic ligand model

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 221-228

  Kozlova, Tatiana ^a,c   Wood, Chris M ^a   McGeer, James C ^b,c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Natural Resources Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; BLM; Cladocerans; Metal risk assessment; Modeling; Ni; Water hardness; WHAM

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; MAGNESIUM; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER; NICKEL; ORGANIC MATTER; POTASSIUM;

BIOAVAILABILITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLEXATION; CRUSTACEAN; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; LIGAND; NICKEL; ORGANIC MATTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TEST; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOTIC LIGAND MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAPHNIA; ECOTOXICITY; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER HARDNESS;

ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; ANIMALS; DAPHNIA; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; LIGANDS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NICKEL; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

DAPHNIA MAGNA; DAPHNIA PULEX;

EID: 58649104675     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2008.11.005     Document Type: Article

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