Dissolved organic carbon reduces uranium bioavailability and toxicity. 2. uranium[VI] speciation and toxicity to three tropical freshwater organisms

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 3082-3089

  Trenfield, Melanie A ^a,b   Ng, Jack C ^b   Noller, Barry N ^b   Markich, Scott J ^c   Dam, Rick A Van ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE SUPERVISING SCIENTIST   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Aquatic Solutions International   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORELLA SP; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FRESHWATER ORGANISMS; FRESHWATER SPECIES; GEOCHEMICAL SPECIATION; GREEN ALGA; NATURAL WATERS; PREDICTIVE MODELS; SOFT WATER; SUWANNEE RIVER FULVIC ACID; URANYL IONS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC CARBON; STREAM FLOW; TROPICS; URANIUM;

TOXICITY;

METAL ION; ORGANIC CARBON; URANIUM;

BILLABONG; BIOAVAILABILITY; COMPLEXATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; FULVIC ACID; GREEN ALGA; INVERTEBRATE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SALMONID; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TOXICITY TEST; URANIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GREEN ALGA; HYDRA; LAGOON; NONHUMAN; TOXICITY; TROUT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; CARBON; CHLORELLA; FRESH WATER; HYDRA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PERCIFORMES; TROPICAL CLIMATE; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

AUSTRALIA;

CHLORELLA SP.; CHLOROPHYTA; GOBIO; HYDRA; HYDRA VIRIDIS; MOGURNDA MOGURNDA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 79953233551     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es103349a     Document Type: Article

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