Metal speciation and toxicity of Tamar Estuary water to larvae of the Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 72, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 3-12

  Money, Cathryn ^a   Braungardt, Charlotte B ^a   Jha, Awadhesh N ^a   Worsfold, Paul J ^a   Achterberg, Eric P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioassay; Crassostrea gigas; Cu ligand titrations; Estuary; In situ analysis; PREDICT Tamar Workshop; Speciation; Stripping voltammetry; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; CU-LIGAND TITRATIONS; IN SITU ANALYSIS; PREDICT TAMAR WORKSHOP; SPECIATION; STRIPPING VOLTAMMETRY; TRACE METALS;

BIOASSAY; CADMIUM; ESTUARIES; ION EXCHANGE; LEAD; LIGANDS; METALS; TOXICITY;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

CADMIUM; COPPER; CUPRIC ION; LEAD;

BIOASSAY; CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LARVA; LEAD; LIGAND; MOLLUSC; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TIDAL CYCLE; TOXICITY TEST; TRACE METAL;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; COASTAL WATERS; COLLOID; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARINE SPECIES; ESTUARY; FEMALE; FRACTIONATION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LARVAL STAGE; LIGAND BINDING; MALE; NONHUMAN; OYSTER; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POTENTIOMETRY; TITRIMETRY; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; CRASSOSTREA; ECOSYSTEM; ENGLAND; LARVA; METALS; OCEANS AND SEAS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ENGLAND; TAMAR ESTUARY [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

CRASSOSTREA GIGAS;

EID: 79960697388     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: 18790291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2011.05.001     Document Type: Article

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