Heavy metals are released into the environment by both anthropogenic and natural sources.
Highly reactive and often toxic at low concentrations, they may enter soils and groundwater …

Many metals (aluminum, cadmium, cobalt, copper, nickel, lead, zinc) are widely studied
environmental contaminants because of their ubiquity, potential toxicity to aquatic life, and …

Surface coal mining with valley fills has impaired the aquatic life in numerous streams in the
Central Appalachian Mountains. We characterized macroinvertebrate communities from …

Over the past decades, comparative physiology and biochemistry approaches have played
a significant role in understanding the complexity of metal bioaccumulation in aquatic …

We use published data on the different patterns of the bioaccumulation of zinc by three
crustaceans, the caridean decapod Palaemon elegans, the amphipod Orchestia …

We describe 2 artificial stream experiments that exposed aquatic insect communities to zinc
(Zn), copper (Cu), and cadmium (year 2014) and to Zn, Cu, and nickel (year 2015). The …

As part of a SETAC Pellston Workshop, we evaluated the potential use of metal tissue
residues for predicting effects in aquatic organisms. This evaluation included consideration …

Abstract Mayflies (Insecta: Ephemeroptera) are common inhabitants of streams throughout
the Appalachian Mountains. Headwater mayfly assemblages were evaluated with respect to …

We used a phylogenetically based comparative approach to evaluate the potential for
physiological studies to reveal patterns of diversity in traits related to susceptibility to an …

The biotic ligand model (BLM) is a numerical approach that couples chemical speciation
calculations with toxicological information to predict the toxicity of aquatic metals. This …