Deriving freshwater quality criteria for copper, cadmium, aluminum and manganese for protection of aquatic life in Malaysia

Chemosphere

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2631-2636

  Shuhaimi Othman, M ^a   Nadzifah, Y ^a   Nur Amalina, R ^a   Umirah, N S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Freshwater; Metal; Sensitivity; Standard; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; ANIMALS; CADMIUM; COPPER; COPPER COMPOUNDS; MANGANESE; MANGANESE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); METALS; STANDARDS; TOXICITY; WATER QUALITY;

ACUTE TOXICITY TEST; ACUTE-TO-CHRONIC RATIOS; CRITERION CONTINUOUS CONCENTRATIONS; CRITERION MAXIMUM CONCENTRATIONS; FRESHWATER; POECILIA RETICULATA; SENSITIVITY; WATER QUALITY CRITERIA;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS;

ALUMINUM; CADMIUM; COPPER; FRESH WATER; MANGANESE;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; DOMESTIC SPECIES; FISH; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HEAVY METAL; INVERTEBRATE; TOXICITY; WATER QUALITY;

ANNELID; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CHIRONOMUS; CHIRONOMUS JAVANUS; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; DUTTAPHRYNUS MELANOSTICTUS; FISH; GUPPY; LC 50; MACROBRACHIUM; MACROBRACHIUM LANCHESTERI; MALAYSIA; MELANOIDES TUBERCULATA; NAIS ELINGUIS; NONHUMAN; OSTRACOD; RASBORA SUMATRANA; SNAIL; STENOCYPRIS MAJOR; TADPOLE; WATER HARDNESS; WATER QUALITY;

MALAYSIA;

ANNELIDA; CHIRONOMIDAE; FELINE CALICIVIRUS; GASTROPODA; MACROBRACHIUM LANCHESTERI; MELANOIDES TUBERCULATA; NAIS ELINGUIS; OSTRACODA; POECILIA RETICULATA; RASBORA; STENOCYPRIS MAJOR;

EID: 84873279032     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.11.030     Document Type: Article

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