Uranium exposure to the tropical duckweed Lemna aequinoctialis and Pulmonate snail Amerianna cumingi: Fate and toxicity

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 204-215

  Hogan, Alicia C ^a   Van Dam, Rick A ^a   Houston, Melanie A ^a   Harford, Andrew J ^a   Nou, Suthidha ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE SUPERVISING SCIENTIST   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

URANIUM; FRESH WATER;

AQUATIC PLANT; BIOACCUMULATION; DISCHARGE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; FLOODPLAIN; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; INHIBITION; MINE DRAINAGE; MONOCOTYLEDON; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SNAIL; URANIUM; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AMERIANNA CUMINGI; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FRESHWATER SPECIES; IC 50; LEMNA AEQUINOCTIALIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAIL; TOXICITY TESTING; ANIMAL; ARACEAE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; MINING; WATER POLLUTANT;

AUSTRALIA; MAGELA CREEK; NORTHERN TERRITORY; RANGER MINE;

AMERIANNA; GASTROPODA; LEMNA; LEMNA AEQUINOCTIALIS; PISTIA STRATIOTES;

ANIMALS; ARACEAE; FRESH WATER; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; MINING; SNAILS; TOXICITY TESTS, CHRONIC; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 77955488373     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-010-9465-x     Document Type: Article

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