Toxicity of lead (Pb) to freshwater green algae: Development and validation of a bioavailability model and inter-species sensitivity comparison

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 155, Issue , 2014, Pages 348-359

  De Schamphelaere, K A C ^a   Nys, C ^a   Janssen, C R ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Biotic ligand model; Environmental quality standards; Fulvic acid; Risk assessment; Water hardness; Water quality criteria

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; FULVIC ACID; GLYCEROL 2 PHOSPHATE; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; METAL; MINERAL; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; PROTON; WATER;

BIOAVAILABILITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GREEN ALGA; LEAD; LIGAND; ORGANIC PHOSPHORUS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOAVAILABILITY; CERIODAPHNIA DUBIA; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLORELLA; CHLORELLA KESSLERII; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CRUSTACEA; CULTURE MEDIUM; ECOTOXICITY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; FRESHWATER SPECIES; GEOCHEMISTRY; GREEN ALGA; LEAD POISONING; LYMNAEA STAGNALIS; METAL BINDING; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELENASTRUM CAPRICORNUTUM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SNAIL; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; UNCERTAINTY; VALIDATION STUDY; WATER QUALITY; WATER STANDARD;

BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOTIC LIGAND MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY STANDARDS; FULVIC ACID; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER HARDNESS; WATER QUALITY CRITERIA;

ANIMALS; BENZOPYRANS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CHLOROPHYTA; CLADOCERA; FRESH WATER; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LEAD; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84905225034     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: 18791514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2014.07.008     Document Type: Article

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