The effect of natural dissolved organic carbon on the acute toxicity of copper to larval freshwater mussels (glochidia)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2519-2528

  Gillis, Patricia L ^a,b   McGeer, James C ^c   Mackie, Gerald L ^a   Wilkie, Michael P ^c   Ackerman, Josef D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biotic ligand model; Copper toxicity; Dissolved organic carbon; Freshwater mussels; Glochidia

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC LIGAND MODEL; COPPER TOXICITY; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FRESHWATER MUSSELS; GLOCHIDIA;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COPPER; DISSOLUTION; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; LIGANDS; ORGANIC CARBON; STREAM FLOW; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

TOXICITY;

COPPER; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC CARBON;

BIVALVE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LABORATORY METHOD; LARVA; NUMERICAL MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TEST;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOTIC LIGAND MODEL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE; FRESHWATER SPECIES; HABITAT; LARVA; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; COPPER; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

GLOCHIDIA; LAMPSILIS FASCIOLA; LAMPSILIS SILIQUOIDEA;

EID: 78649534445     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.299     Document Type: Article

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