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Document Title:

INFLUENCE OF pH ON THE ACUTE TOXICITY OF AMMONIA TO JUVENILE FRESHWATER MUSSELS (FATMUCKET, LAMPSILIS SILIQUOIDEA)

AUTHOR(S):
Tom Augspurger Ning Wang Russell J. Erickson Christopher G. Ingersoll Christopher D. Ivey Eric L Brunson M. Christopher Barnhart

PUBLICATION DATE: May 2008

ABSTRACT:
The objective of the present study was to evaluate the influence of pH on the toxicity of ammonia to juvenile freshwater mussels.

PUBLISHED BY:
SETAC - Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

DOCUMENT LINK:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1897/07-193.1/full, 83 KB

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