Acute toxicity of copper, lead, cadmium, and zinc to early life stages of white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) in laboratory and Columbia River water

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 21, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 8176-8187

  Vardy, David W ^a   Santore, Robert ^b   Ryan, Adam ^b   Giesy, John P ^a,c,d   Hecker, Markus ^a,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b HydroQual Inc   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e ENTRIX INC   (United States)

^f University of Saskatchewan   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biotic ligand model; Columbia River; Ecotoxicology; Metals; Sturgeon; Water effect ratios

Indexed keywords

BIOAVAILABILITY; CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ECOTOXICOLOGY; GUIDELINE; LABORATORY METHOD; LEAD; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RIVER WATER; TELEOST; TOXICITY TEST; WATER QUALITY; ZINC;

COLUMBIA RIVER;

ACIPENSER TRANSMONTANUS;

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; WATER POLLUTANT; ZINC;

ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CANADA; CHEMISTRY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FISH; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LD50; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; RIVER; STANDARDS; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CADMIUM; COPPER; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FISHES; LEAD; LETHAL DOSE 50; METALS, HEAVY; RIVERS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOXICITY TESTS, ACUTE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER QUALITY; ZINC;

EID: 84902544808     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-2754-6     Document Type: Article

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