Comparison of population-level effects of heavy metals on fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas)

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 465-471

  Iwasaki, Yuichi ^a   Hayashi, Takehiko I ^b   Kamo, Masashi ^c  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ecological risk management; Ecotoxicology; Individual level effect; Population viability; Toxicity ranking

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; NICKEL; ZINC;

CYPRINID; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ECOTOXICOLOGY; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTION EFFECT; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FERTILITY; GROWTH RATE; HATCHING; HEAVY METAL POISONING; JUVENILE ANIMAL; NONHUMAN; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; POPULATION EXPOSURE; POPULATION GROWTH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL; TARGET ORGANISM; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; CYPRINIDAE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LETHAL DOSE 50; METALS, HEAVY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OVUM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

PIMEPHALES PROMELAS;

EID: 77951652661     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2010.01.015     Document Type: Article

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