Development of a new toxic-unit model for the bioassessment of metals in streams

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2432-2442

  Schmidt, Travis S ^a,b,c   Clements, William H ^c   Mitchell, Katharine A ^c   Church, Stanley E ^a   Wanty, Richard B ^a   Fey, David L ^a   Verplanck, Philip L ^a   San Juan, Carma A ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic invertebrates; Biomonitoring; Ecotoxicology; Trace metals; Water chemistry

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES; BIOMONITORING; ECO-TOXICOLOGY; TRACE METAL; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ALKALINITY; ANIMALS; CADMIUM; COPPER; ECOLOGY; LIGANDS; METAL IONS; METALS; ORGANIC CARBON; TOXICITY;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

BICARBONATE; CADMIUM; CALCIUM ION; CHLORIDE; COPPER; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; MAGNESIUM ION; METAL DERIVATIVE; POTASSIUM ION; PROTON; SODIUM ION; SULFATE; SULFUR; ZINC;

ABUNDANCE; AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; ALKALINITY; BENTHOS; BIOASSAY; BIOMONITORING; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ION; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MAYFLY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PH; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAM; TOXICITY TEST; TRACE METAL; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; BIOTIC LIGAND MODEL; HARDNESS; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; STREAM (RIVER); TOXICITY;

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LIGANDS; METALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

HEPTAGENIIDAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 78649615813     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.302     Document Type: Article

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