Deriving aquatic water quality criteria for inorganic mercury in China by species sensitivity distributions

Huanjing Kexue Xuebao/Acta Scientiae Circumstantiae

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 440-448

  Zhang, Ruiqing ^a,b,c   Wu, Fengchang ^a,b,c   Li, Huixian ^c   Feng, Chenglian ^c   Guo, Guanghui ^a,b,c  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Aquatic organism; Inorganic mercury; Species sensitivity distribution; Water quality criteria

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; GUIDELINE; INVERTEBRATE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PLANT; POLLUTION EFFECT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATER; TOXICITY TEST; VERTEBRATE; WATER QUALITY;

CHINA;

CRUSTACEA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84863229245     PISSN: 02532468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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