Acute toxicity of cadmium, lead, zinc, and their mixtures to stream-resident fish and invertebrates

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1334-1348

  Mebane, Christopher A ^a   Dillon, Frank S ^b   Hennessy, Daniel P ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b CH2M HILL   (United States)

^c Anchor QEA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fish size; Metal mixture toxicity; Resident species procedure; Site specific criteria; Soft water

Indexed keywords

ACUTE TOXICITY; BLACK FLIES; CHIRONOMIDAE; EFFECT CONCENTRATION; IDAHO , USA; METAL MIXTURES; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; RAINBOW TROUT; RELATIVE RESISTANCE; RESIDENT SPECIES PROCEDURE; RIVER WATERSHEDS; SITE-SPECIFIC CRITERIA; SOFT WATER;

CADMIUM; FISH; HEALTH HAZARDS; LEAD; ZINC;

TOXICITY;

CADMIUM; LEAD; ZINC;

BEETLE; BODY SIZE; CADDISFLY; CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOTOXICOLOGY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; LEAD; MAYFLY; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; RESIDENT POPULATION; RIVER BASIN; SNAIL; STONEFLY; TELEOST; TOXICITY TEST; ZINC;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ARTICLE; DUN (MAYFLY); FISH; INVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAINBOW TROUT; SNAIL; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; CADMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; IDAHO; INSECTS; INVERTEBRATES; LEAD; ONCORHYNCHUS; RIVERS; TOXICITY TESTS, ACUTE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZINC;

COEUR D'ALENE RIVER; IDAHO; UNITED STATES;

ARCTOPSYCHE; BAETIS TRICAUDATUS; CHIRONOMIDAE; COLEOPTERA; COTTUS CONFUSUS; DRUNELLA; DYTISCIDAE; EPEORUS; EPHEMEROPTERA; GASTROPODA; GYRAULUS; INVERTEBRATA; LEPTOPHLEBIIDAE; ONCORHYNCHUS CLARKII; ONCORHYNCHUS CLARKII LEWISI; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PHYSA; PLECOPTERA; RHITHROGENA; SALMONIDAE; SIMULIIDAE; SIMULIUM NIGRICOXUM; SWELTSA; TIPULIDAE; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 84861222922     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.1820     Document Type: Article

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