Causes of toxicity to Hyalella azteca in a stormwater management facility receiving highway runoff and snowmelt. Part I: Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and metals

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 414, Issue , 2012, Pages 227-237

  Bartlett, A J ^a   Rochfort, Q ^a   Brown, L R ^a   Marsalek, J ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hyalella azteca; Metal; PAH; Road salt; Stormwater pond; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES; BIOAVAILABLE METALS; CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATIONS; CONTAMINANT LOADINGS; GROWTH EFFECTS; HIGHWAY RUNOFF; HYALELLA AZTECA; MULTIPLE CONTAMINANTS; OVERLYING WATER; ROAD SALTS; SEASONAL CHANGES; SEASONAL FLUCTUATIONS; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; SEDIMENT TOXICITY TESTS; SNOWMELT; STORMWATER MANAGEMENTS; STORMWATER POND; SURVIVAL AND GROWTH; WATER-BORNE CONTAMINANTS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTAMINATION; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION; HIGHWAY PLANNING; HYDROCARBONS; IMPURITIES; METALS; NUTRIENTS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; ROADS AND STREETS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; STORM SEWERS; WATER QUALITY;

TOXICITY;

ACENAPHTHYLENE; ANTHRACENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; CHRYSENE; COPPER; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; INDO(1,2,3 CD)PYRENE; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; METAL; NAPHTHALENE; NICKEL; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; PYRENE DERIVATIVE; RUNOFF; SNOW; STORM WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

AMPHIPOD; BENTHOS; BIOAVAILABILITY; HEAVY METAL; PAH; POND; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; STORMWATER; TOXICITY; WASTE FACILITY;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSTACEA; EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROWTH; HIGHWAY; HYALELLA AZTECA; NONHUMAN; POND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY TESTING; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

AMPHIPODA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METALS, HEAVY; ONTARIO; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RAIN; SEASONS; SNOW; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOXICITY TESTS; TRANSPORTATION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

HYALELLA; HYALELLA AZTECA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84855534189     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.11.041     Document Type: Article

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