New method for calculating comparative toxicity potential of cationic metals in freshwater: Application to Copper, Nickel, and Zinc

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 5195-5201

  Gandhi, Nilima ^a   Diamond, Miriam L ^a   Van De Meent, Dik ^b,c   Huijbregts, Mark A J ^b   Peijnenburg, Willie J G M ^c,d   Guinée, Jeroen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC SYSTEM; BIOTIC LIGAND MODEL; CATIONIC METALS; CHEMICAL HAZARDS; COMPARATIVE TOXICITY; CURRENT PRACTICES; EFFECT FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; FREE METAL ION; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; LIFE CYCLE IMPACT ASSESSMENT; METAL PARTITIONING; PARTICULATE PHASIS; RELATIVE RANKINGS; WATER CHEMISTRY;

BIOCHEMISTRY; DISSOLUTION; METAL IONS; TOXICITY; ZINC;

METALS;

COPPER; NICKEL; ZINC;

BIOAVAILABILITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; METAL; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TOXICITY; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE TOXICITY POTENTIAL; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CATIONS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FISHES; FRESH WATER; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; NICKEL; RISK; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZINC;

EID: 77954248669     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es903317a     Document Type: Article

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