The sensitivity of aquatic insects to divalent metals: A comparative analysis of laboratory and field data

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 4187-4197

  Brix, Kevin V ^a,b   DeForest, David K ^c   Adams, William J ^d  

^a EcoTox   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c Syracuse   (United States)

^d Rio Tinto   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic insects; Cadmium; Copper; Lead; Nickel; Zinc

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC BIOTA; AQUATIC INSECTS; AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES; CHRONIC METALS; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; DIETARY METALS; DIVALENT METALS; EXPOSURE PERIOD; FIELD DATA; FIELD STUDIES; FOOD CHAIN; IN-FIELD; INDIRECT EFFECTS; LABORATORY STUDIES; LIMITED DATA; METAL ACCUMULATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS; PRIMARY PRODUCERS; RELATIVE SENSITIVITY; WATER QUALITY CRITERIA;

BIOACCUMULATION; CADMIUM; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; LABORATORIES; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; WATER QUALITY;

METALS;

CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; METAL; NICKEL; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTA; CADMIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COPPER; FIELD METHOD; INSECT; INVERTEBRATE; LABORATORY METHOD; LEAD; NICKEL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; WATER QUALITY; ZINC;

AQUATIC SPECIES; BIOACCUMULATION; DIET; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CHAIN; INSECT; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MESOCOSM; METAL TOLERANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WATER QUALITY; WATER STANDARD;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; CATIONS, DIVALENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INSECTS; LETHAL DOSE 50; METALS, HEAVY; TOXICITY TESTS, ACUTE; TOXICITY TESTS, CHRONIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 80052070557     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.06.061     Document Type: Review

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