Chronic toxicity of chloride to freshwater species: Effects of hardness and implications for water quality guidelines

JRF Elphick, KD Bergh… - … Toxicology and Chemistry, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Toxicity tests using nine freshwater species (Ceriodaphnia dubia, Daphnia magna,
Oncorhynchus mykiss, Pimephales promelas, Lumbriculus variegatus, Tubifex tubifex …

Freshwater Mussels, Ecosystem Services, and Clean Water Regulation in Minnesota: Formulating an Effective Conservation Strategy

B Bakshi, RW Bouchard, Jr, R Dietz, D Hornbach… - Water, 2023 - mdpi.com
Freshwater mussels are threatened with extirpation in North America. They are a sentinel
species for ecosystem function and contribute towards many ecosystem services. As …

Acute sensitivity of a broad range of freshwater mussels to chemicals with different modes of toxic action

N Wang, CD Ivey, CG Ingersoll… - Environmental …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Freshwater mussels, one of the most imperiled groups of animals in the world, are generally
underrepresented in toxicity databases used for the development of ambient water quality …

Validation of the nickel biotic ligand model for locally relevant species in Australian freshwaters

A Peters, G Merrington, C Schlekat… - Environmental …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Australian freshwaters have relatively low water hardness and different calcium (Ca) to
magnesium (Mg) ratios compared with those in Europe. The hardness values of a …

Applicability of chronic multiple linear regression models for predicting zinc toxicity in Australian and New Zealand freshwaters

JL Stauber, J Gadd, GAV Price, A Evans… - Environmental …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Bioavailability models, for example, multiple linear regressions (MLRs) of water quality
parameters, are increasingly being used to develop bioavailability‐based water quality …

Characterization and quantification of silver complexes with dissolved organic matter by size exclusion chromatography coupled to ICP-MS

J Zhao, X Wang, B Gao, X Xia, Y Li - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
The fate and behavior of silver in aquatic systems is intricately determined by its interactions
with dissolved organic matter (DOM). In this study, we have introduced a method for …

Biomarker Discovery and Transcriptomic Responses in Daphnia magna exposed to Munitions Constituents

N Garcia-Reyero, HC Poynton… - … science & technology, 2009 - ACS Publications
Ecotoxicogenomic approaches are emerging as alternative methods in environmental
monitoring because they allow insight into pollutant modes of action and help assess the …

Implications of water hardness in ecotoxicological assessments for water quality regulatory purposes: a case study with the aquatic snail Biomphalaria glabrata (Say …

EC Oliveira-Filho, NR Caixeta… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2014 - SciELO Brasil
Water hardness is a property depending on the presence of alkaline earth metals, mainly
calcium and magnesium. Among the strategies for water quality monitoring, ecotoxicological …

Changing agricultural practices: potential consequences to aquatic organisms

PJ Lasier, ML Urich, SM Hassan, WN Jacobs… - Environmental …, 2016 - Springer
Agricultural practices pose threats to biotic diversity in freshwater systems with increasing
use of glyphosate-based herbicides for weed control and animal waste for soil amendment …

Evaluation of water quality parameters for monitoring natural, urban, and agricultural areas in the Brazilian Cerrado

DHF Muniz, AS Moraes, IS Freire, CJD Cruz… - Acta Limnologica …, 2011 - SciELO Brasil
INTRODUCTION: Brazil's Federal District (FD) has seen steep population growth in recent
years, and this has increased demand for high-quality water. AIM: The present work aims to …