The influence of sediment particle size and organic carbon on toxicity of copper to benthic invertebrates in oxic/suboxic surface sediments

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1599-1610

  Strom, David ^a,b   Simpson, Stuart L ^a   Batley, Graeme E ^a   Jolley, Dianne F ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bivalves; Copper; Organic carbon; Particle size; Sediment properties

Indexed keywords

ACID-VOLATILE SULFIDE; ACUTE TOXICITY THRESHOLDS; BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES; BIVALVES; CU-BASED; EXPOSURE PATHWAYS; OVERLYING WATER; PORE WATERS; SEDIMENT FRACTION; SEDIMENT PARTICLE SIZE; SEDIMENT PROPERTIES; SEDIMENT QUALITY GUIDELINES; SURFACE SEDIMENTS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DISSOLUTION; ORGANIC CARBON; TOXICITY;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

COPPER; ORGANIC CARBON; SULFIDE; WATER;

AMPHIPOD; BIVALVE; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; COPPER; GUIDELINE; ORGANIC CARBON; OXIC SEDIMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SUBOXIC CONDITIONS; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TEST;

ACUTE TOXICITY; AMPHIPODA; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIVALVE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; MELITA PLUMULOSA; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE PARTITIONING; SEDIMENT; SPISULA TRIGONELLA; SURFACE PROPERTY; TELLINA DELTOIDALIS; TOXICITY TESTING;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; CARBON; COPPER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INVERTEBRATES; PARTICLE SIZE; SEAWATER; SULFIDES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BIVALVIA; INVERTEBRATA; MELITA; SPISULA TRIGONELLA; TELLINA DELTOIDALIS;

EID: 79958233564     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.531     Document Type: Article

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