Short-term toxicity of ammonia, sodium Hydroxide and a commercial biocide to golden mussel Limnoperna fortunei (Dunker, 1857)

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 92, Issue , 2013, Pages 150-154

  Montresor, Lângia C ^a,b   Miranda Filho, Kleber C ^b   Paglia, Adriano ^b   Luz, Dalva M R ^b   Araújo, Juliano M ^b   Silva, Márcio José dos S ^b   Gerhard, Luciana ^b   Martinez, Carlos B ^b   Vidigal, Teofânia H D A ^b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chemical control; Golden mussel; Invasive species; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BIOCIDE; MXD 100; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMMONIA; BIVALVE; INVASIVE SPECIES; MOLLUSC; MORTALITY; PESTICIDE; TOXICITY; TOXICOLOGY;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PEST CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; LC 50; LIMNOPERNA FORTUNEI; MORTALITY; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; TOXICITY TESTING;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; DISINFECTANTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; MYTILIDAE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; TOXICITY TESTS, ACUTE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BIVALVIA; LIMNOPERNA FORTUNEI;

EID: 84877002361     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2013.03.016     Document Type: Article

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