Toxicity of eight metals to Malaysian freshwater midge larvae Chironomus javanus (Diptera, Chironomidae)

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 879-886

  Shuhaimi Othman, Mohammad ^a   Yakub, Nadzifah ^a   Umirah, Nur Shahirul ^a   Abas, Ahmad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Acute; bioconcentration; concentration factor; mortality; soft water

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CADMIUM; COPPER; FRESH WATER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; METAL; NICKEL; ZICRONAPINE;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHIRONOMUS; CHIRONOMUS JAVANUS; EXPOSURE; HEAVY METAL POISONING; LC 50; MALAYSIA; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; LARVA; LETHAL DOSE 50; LONGEVITY; METALS; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 81255128795     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: 14770393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748233711399318     Document Type: Article

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