Short-term toxicity of ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate to early life stages of the rare minnow (Gobiocypris rarus)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1422-1427

  Luo, Si ^a,b   Wu, Benli ^a,b   Xiong, Xiaoqin ^a,b   Wang, Jianwei ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Larvae; Nitrogenous pollutant; No observed effect concentration; Rare minnow; Toxicity test

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; NITRATES; TESTING; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

LARVAE; NITROGENOUS POLLUTANT; NO-OBSERVED-EFFECT-CONCENTRATIONS; RARE MINNOWS; TOXICITY TEST;

TOXICITY;

AMMONIA; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

AMMONIA; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYPRINID; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; GROWTH RESPONSE; LARVA; MORTALITY; NITRATE; NITRITE; ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUND; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RARE SPECIES; TOXICITY TEST;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EMBRYO; FERTILIZATION; FISH; GOBIOCYPRIS RARUS; HUMAN; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; MORTALITY; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY; WATER QUALITY; YOLK SAC; ANIMAL; AQUACULTURE; CYPRINIDAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PROCEDURES; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER POLLUTANT;

CYPRINIDAE; GOBIOCYPRIS RARUS;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; CYPRINIDAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LARVA; NITRATES; NITRITES; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84973311552     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.3283     Document Type: Article

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