The use of invertebrate body burdens to predict ecological effects of metal mixtures in mining-impacted waters

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 142-143, Issue , 2013, Pages 294-302

  De Jonge, Maarten ^a   Tipping, Edward ^b   Lofts, Stephen ^b   Bervoets, Lieven ^a   Blust, Ronny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aquatic ecology; Invertebrate body burdens; Macroinvertebrate community; Metal mixtures; Quantile regression

Indexed keywords

COPPER; LEAD; ZINC;

AQUATIC COMMUNITY; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOMONITORING; INVERTEBRATE; METAL; MINING; POLLUTION EFFECT; STREAMWATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INVERTEBRATE; LEUCTRA; MINING; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COMMUNITY; PERLODIDAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHITHROGENA; SIMULIIDAE; TAXONOMY; TISSUE LEVEL; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; WATER QUALITY;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

AQUATIC ECOLOGY; INVERTEBRATE BODY BURDENS; MACROINVERTEBRATE COMMUNITY; METAL MIXTURES; QUANTILE REGRESSION;

ANIMALS; BODY BURDEN; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INVERTEBRATES; METALS; MINING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84884555150     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: 18791514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2013.08.018     Document Type: Article

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