Selenium bioaccumulation and speciation in Chironomus dilutus exposed to water-borne selenate, selenite, or seleno-DL-methionine

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2292-2299

  Franz, Eric D ^a   Wiramanaden, Cheryl I E ^a   Janz, David M ^a   Pickering, Ingrid J ^a   Liber, Karsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Chironomids; Selenium; Speciation; Uptake kinetics

Indexed keywords

CHIRONOMIDS; CHIRONOMUS; CLEAN WATERS; DISELENIDES; ELIMINATION KINETICS; LARVAL STAGE; LIFE STAGES; SE SPECIATION; SELENIDES; SELENOCYSTINE; SELENOMETHIONINE; SPECIATION; STRONG CORRELATION; UPTAKE KINETICS; WATER-BORNE; WHOLE-BODY;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AMINO ACIDS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); SELENIUM; WATER ABSORPTION; X RAY ABSORPTION; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

SELENIUM COMPOUNDS;

DISELENIDE; ORGANOSELENIUM DERIVATIVE; SELENATE; SELENIDE; SELENITE; SELENOMETHIONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AMINO ACID; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMERGENCE; FLY; LARVA; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REACTION KINETICS; SELENATE; SELENITE; SELENIUM; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHIRONOMUS; CHIRONOMUS DILUTUS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); LARVA; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICOKINETICS; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CHIRONOMIDAE; CYSTINE; LARVA; ORGANOSELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SELENIUM; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SELENOMETHIONINE; SODIUM SELENITE; WATER POLLUTANTS; X-RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS DILUTUS; HEXAPODA;

EID: 80052610602     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.624     Document Type: Article

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