The chronic toxicity of molybdate to freshwater organisms. I Generating reliable effects data

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 5362-5371

  De Schamphelaere, K A C ^a   Stubblefield, W ^b   Rodriguez, P ^c   Vleminckx, K ^a   Janssen, C R ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Centro De Investigacion Minera Y Metalurgica   (Chile)

Author keywords

Aquatic toxicity; Sodium molybdate; Species sensitivity variation

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; AQUATIC TOXICITY; BRACHIONUS; CERIODAPHNIA DUBIA; CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE; CHIRONOMUS RIPARIUS; CHRONIC TOXICITY; DAPHNIA MAGNA; DIHYDRATES; ECOTOXICITY; EFFECT CONCENTRATION; EFFECTIVE CONCENTRATION; EUROPEAN UNION REGULATIONS; FATHEAD MINNOW; FRESHWATER ORGANISMS; GREEN ALGA; HAZARDOUS CONCENTRATIONS; HIGHER PLANTS; IN-LINE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LEMNA MINOR; LITERATURE REVIEWS; LYMNAEA STAGNALIS; NO-OBSERVED-EFFECT-CONCENTRATIONS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; POPULATION GROWTH RATES; PREDICTED NO-EFFECT CONCENTRATIONS; PSEUDOKIRCHNERIELLA SUBCAPITATA; RAINBOW TROUT; SENSITIVITY VARIATION; SODIUM MOLYBDATE; SPECIES SENSITIVITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STANDARD TESTING; WATER QUALITY CRITERIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOLOGY; EXTRAPOLATION; GROWTH RATE; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); LAWS AND LEGISLATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SODIUM; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

MOLYBDENUM;

MOLYBDIC ACID;

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EUROPEAN UNION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; MOLYBDENUM; OXIDATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SODIUM; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BRACHIONUS CALYCIFLORUS; CERIODAPHNIA DUBIA; CHIRONOMIDAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAPHNIA; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; FRESHWATER SPECIES; GROWTH RATE; LEMNA MINOR; LYMNAEA; NONHUMAN; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOKIRCHNERIELLA SUBCAPITATA; RAINBOW TROUT; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; WATER QUALITY; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHLOROPHYTA; DAPHNIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MOLYBDENUM; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; ROTIFERA; SNAILS; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANURA; BRACHIONUS CALYCIFLORUS; CERIODAPHNIA DUBIA; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS RIPARIUS; CHLOROPHYTA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; EMBRYOPHYTA; GASTROPODA; LEMNA MINOR; LYMNAEA STAGNALIS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; SELENASTRUM CAPRICORNUTUM; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 77956886723     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.07.041     Document Type: Article

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