An evaluation of the influence of substrate on the response of juvenile freshwater mussels (fatmucket, Lampsilis siliquoidea) in acute water exposures to ammonia

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2112-2116

  Miao, Jingjing ^a,b   Barnhart, M Christopher ^c   Brunson, Eric L ^a   Hardesty, Douglas K ^a   Ingersoll, Christopher G ^a   Wang, Ning ^a  

^a Jackson Field Research Station   (United States)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^c MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Juvenile mussels; Sediment; Substrate; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA CONCENTRATIONS; AMMONIA TOXICITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EFFECT CONCENTRATION; FRESHWATER MUSSELS; JUVENILE MUSSELS; MEDIAN LETHAL CONCENTRATION; OVERLYING WATER; PORE WATERS; TOTAL AMMONIA NITROGENS; WATER EXPOSURE;

AMMONIA; PH EFFECTS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TOXICITY;

SUBSTRATES;

AMMONIA;

AMMONIA; BIVALVE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; JUVENILE; NITROGEN; PH; POREWATER; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; SUBSTRATE; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEEDING; FRESHWATER SPECIES; JUVENILE ANIMAL; LAMPSILIS SILIQUOIDEA; LC 50; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAND; SOIL TREATMENT; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FRESH WATER; TOXICITY TESTS; UNIONIDAE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

LAMPSILIS SILIQUOIDEA;

EID: 78649465971     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.259     Document Type: Article

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