A comparison of the copper sensitivity of two economically important saltwater mussel species and a review of previously reported copper toxicity data for mussels: Important implications for determining future ambient copper saltwater criteria in the USA

Environmental Toxicology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 618-628

  Arnold, W Ray ^a   Cotsifas, Jeffrey S ^b   Smith, D Scott ^c   Le Page, Steven ^d   Gruenthal, Kristen M ^e  

^a Aquatic Ecological Risk Assessment LLC   (United States)

^b Pacific EcoRisk   (United States)

^c WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d M REP Consulting   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Copper toxicity; Dissolved organic carbon; Mytilus edulis; Mytilus galloprovincialis; Water quality criteria

Indexed keywords

COPPER TOXICITY; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; MYTILUS EDULIS; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; WATER QUALITY CRITERIA;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; ORGANIC CARBON; STATISTICAL TESTS; STREAM FLOW; TAXONOMIES; TOXICITY; WATER CONTENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

COPPER;

COPPER; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; WATER;

BIVALVE; COPPER; DATABASE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; GENOTYPE; LITERATURE REVIEW; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; GENOTYPE; MUSSEL; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TAXONOMY; TOXICITY TESTING; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SEAWATER; TOXICITY TESTS; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BIVALVIA; MYTILUS; MYTILUS CALIFORNIANUS; MYTILUS EDULIS; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; MYTILUS TROSSULUS;

EID: 72149110613     PISSN: 15204081     EISSN: 15227278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tox.20452     Document Type: Article

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