Acute and chronic toxicity of ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate to the endangered Topeka shiner (Notropis topeka) and fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2216-2223

  Adelman, Ira R ^a   Kusilek, Luke I ^a   Koehle, Jessica ^a   Hess, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryo larval test; Median lethal concentration; Species restoration; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA-NITROGEN; CHRONIC TOXICITY; EARLY LIFE; EMBRYO-LARVAL TEST; FATHEAD MINNOW; FIELD DATA; FIELD SAMPLING; MEDIAN LETHAL CONCENTRATION; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; TOXICITY TEST; U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; WATER QUALITY CRITERIA;

AMMONIA; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; FISH; RESTORATION; TANNING; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

TESTING;

AMMONIA; HOT WATER; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN;

AMMONIA; CYPRINID; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROWTH RESPONSE; HABITAT RESTORATION; NITRATE; NITRITE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TOXICITY TEST; WATER QUALITY;

ACUTE TOXICITY; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC TOXICITY; EMBRYOTOXICITY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FISH; GOVERNMENT; GROWTH; HABITAT; JUVENILE; LARVA; LC 50; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; TOPEKA SHINER; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER QUALITY;

ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; AMMONIA; ANIMALS; CYPRINIDAE; LARVA; NITRATES; NITRITES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOXICITY TESTS, CHRONIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

NOTROPIS TOPEKA; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; PISCES;

EID: 70449792784     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/08-619.1     Document Type: Article

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