Thiocyanate, calcium and sulfate as causes of toxicity to Ceriodaphnia dubia in a hard rock mining effluent

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1646-1652

  Brix, Kevin V ^a,b   Gerdes, Robert ^a   Grosell, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b EcoTox   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Ceriodaphnia dubia; Sulfate; Thiocyanate; Toxicity identification evaluation

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; COPPER; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; POTASSIUM; SILVER; SODIUM; SULFATE; THIOCYANATE; ZINC;

CALCIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOTOXICOLOGY; EFFLUENT; FLEA; HARD ROCK; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SULFATE; TOXICITY;

ANION EXCHANGE; ARTICLE; CERIODAPHNIA DUBIA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAPHNIA; ECOTOXICITY; EFFLUENT; MINING; NONHUMAN; PH; REPRODUCTION; ROCK; SURVIVAL RATE; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BARIUM; CALCIUM; CARBONATES; CLADOCERA; COLORIMETRY; MINING; SULFATES; THIOCYANATES; TOXICITY TESTS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CERIODAPHNIA DUBIA;

EID: 77957170605     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2010.06.006     Document Type: Article

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