Sensitivity of early life stages of freshwater mussels (Unionidae) to acute and chronic toxicity of lead, cadmium, and zinc in water

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2053-2063

  Wang, Ning ^a   Ingersoll, Christopher G ^a   Ivey, Christopher D ^a   Hardesty, Douglas K ^a   May, Thomas W ^a   Augspurger, Tom ^b   Roberts, Andy D ^c   Van Genderen, Eric ^d   Barnhart, M Chris ^e  

^a Jackson Field Research Station   (United States)

^b US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^c US Fish & Wildlife Service   (United States)

^d INTERNATIONAL ZINC ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^e MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Early life stages; Freshwater mussels; Metal toxicity; Water quality criteria

Indexed keywords

ACUTE TOXICITY; CHRONIC TOXICITY; EARLY LIFE; EFFECT CONCENTRATION; FRESHWATER MUSSELS; FRESHWATER SPECIES; METAL TOXICITY; SENSITIVITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SOFT WATER; U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; WATER QUALITY CRITERIA;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; LEAD; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; ZINC;

CADMIUM;

CADMIUM; LEAD; OXYGEN; ZINC;

BIVALVE; CADMIUM; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; LARVA; LEAD; LIFE CYCLE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TOXICITY; WATER QUALITY; ZINC;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONDUCTANCE; DATA BASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TOXICITY TESTING; UNIONIDAE; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; ANIMALS; CADMIUM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; LEAD; METALS, HEAVY; TOXICITY TESTS, CHRONIC; UNIONIDAE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZINC;

GLOCHIDIA; LAMPSILIS; LAMPSILIS RAFINESQUEANA; LAMPSILIS SILIQUOIDEA; UNIONIDAE;

EID: 78649464674     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.250     Document Type: Article

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