Implications of geographic variability on Comparative Toxicity Potentials of Cu, Ni and Zn in freshwaters of Canadian ecoregions

Chemosphere

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 268-277

  Gandhi, Nilima ^a   Huijbregts, Mark A J ^b   Meent, Dik van de ^b,c   Peijnenburg, Willie J G M ^c,d   Guinée, Jeroen ^d   Diamond, Miriam L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aquatic ecotoxicity; Comparative Toxicity Potential; Ecoregions; Life Cycle Impact Assessment; Metals; Speciation

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE TOXICITY; ECOREGIONS; ECOTOXICITY; LIFE CYCLE IMPACT ASSESSMENT; SPECIATION;

BIOCHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; LIFE CYCLE; METALS; ZINC;

TOXICITY;

COPPER; FRESH WATER; NICKEL; ZINC;

BIOAVAILABILITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOREGION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HEAVY METAL; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PH; RESIDENCE TIME; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TOXICITY TEST; WATER CHEMISTRY;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HARDNESS; LANDSCAPE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; PH; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CANADA; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NICKEL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZINC;

CANADA;

EID: 78650270953     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.09.046     Document Type: Article

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