Identifying the causes of oil sands coke leachate toxicity to aquatic invertebrates

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2576-2585

  Puttaswamy, Naveen ^a   Liber, Karsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ceriodaphnia dubia; Coke leachate; Oil sands; Toxicity identification evaluation; Vanadium toxicity

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES; BATCH LEACHING; CERIODAPHNIA DUBIA; CHRONIC TOXICITY; ELEMENT CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ETHYLENE DIAMINE TETRA-ACETIC ACID; LEACHATES; MEDIAN LETHAL CONCENTRATION; OXYANIONS; TOXICITY IDENTIFICATION EVALUATION;

COKE; LEACHING; OIL SANDS; PH; RESINS; SAND; TRACE ELEMENTS; VANADIUM;

TOXICITY;

ANION; CATION; COKE; EDETIC ACID; NICKEL; RESIN; TRACE ELEMENT; VANADIUM;

AQUATIC ORGANISM; BRACHIOPOD; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LEACHATE; OIL SAND; PH; REPRODUCTION; RESIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY TEST; TRACE ELEMENT; VANADIUM;

ACIDITY; ALKALINITY; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; CERIODAPHNIA DUBIA; CHRONIC TOXICITY; COKE LEACHATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RECLAMATION; INVERTEBRATE; LC 50; LEACHING; NONHUMAN; OIL SAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAND; SOIL AMENDMENT; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; CLADOCERA; COKE; EDETIC ACID; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ION EXCHANGE RESINS; LETHAL DOSE 50; NICKEL; TOXICITY TESTS, CHRONIC; VANADIUM; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CERIODAPHNIA DUBIA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 80054100825     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.653     Document Type: Article

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