The effects of salinity exposure on multiple life stages of a common freshwater mussel, Elliptio complanata

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2849-2854

  Blakeslee, Carrie J ^a   Galbraith, Heather S ^a   Robertson, Laura S ^b   St John White, Barbara ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b LEETOWN SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Glochidia; Host fish; Salinization; Survival; Unionid

Indexed keywords

ELLIPTIO COMPLANATA; FRESHWATER MUSSELS; FRESHWATER ORGANISMS; GLOCHIDIA; SALINIZATION; SALT CONCENTRATION; SURVIVAL; UNIONID;

FISH; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; WATER;

MOLLUSCS;

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; BIVALVE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FISH; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HOST; JUVENILE; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE; METAMORPHOSIS; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SALINITY; SALINIZATION; SALT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELLIPTIO COMPLANATA; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; METABOLIC RATE; METAMORPHOSIS; MORTALITY; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; REPRODUCTION; SALINITY; SURVIVAL;

ELLIPTIO COMPLANATA; GLOCHIDIA; UNIONIDAE;

GLOCHIDIA; HOST FISH; SALINIZATION; SURVIVAL; UNIONID;

ANGUILLA; ANIMALS; FRESH WATER; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCTION; SALINITY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNIONIDAE;

EID: 84887817667     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.2381     Document Type: Article

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