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RELATIVE SENSITIVITY OF AN AMPHIPOD HYALELLA AZTECA, A MIDGE CHIRONOMUS DILUTUS, AND A UNIONID MUSSEL LAMPSILIS SILIQUOIDEA TO A TOXIC SEDIMENT

CHRIS G. INGERSOLL, JAMES L KUNZ, JAMIE P HUGHES, NING WANG, D. SCOTT IRELAND, DAVE R. MOUNT, RUSS J. HOCKETT, and TED W. VALENTI

Environ Toxicol Chem., Accepted Article • DOI: 10.1002/etc.2909

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Environmental Toxicology

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry DOI 10.1002/etc.2909

RELATIVE SENSITIVITY OF AN AMPHIPOD HYALELLA AZTECA, A MIDGE

CHIRONOMUS DILUTUS, AND A UNIONID MUSSEL LAMPSILIS SILIQUOIDEA TO A TOXIC SEDIMENT

Running title: Amphipod, midge, and mussel sensitivity to toxic sediment

CHRIS G. INGERSOLL,*† JAMES L KUNZ, † JAMIE P HUGHES, † NING WANG, † D. SCOTT IRELAND, ‡ DAVE R. MOUNT, § RUSS J. HOCKETT, § and TED W. VALENTI§||

†US Geological Survey, Columbia, Missouri, USA ‡US Environmental Protection Agency, Chicago, Illinois, USA §US Environmental Protection Agency, Duluth, Minnesota, USA ||Syngenta Biotechnology, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA

*Address correspondence to [email protected]

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This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved Submitted 6 November 2014; Returned for Revision 15 December 2014; Accepted 25 January 2015

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Abstract: The objective of the present study was to evaluate the relative sensitivity of test organisms in exposures to dilutions of a highly toxic sediment contaminated with metals and organic compounds. One dilution series was prepared using control sand (low total organic carbon [

Relative sensitivity of an amphipod Hyalella azteca, a midge Chironomus dilutus, and a unionid mussel Lampsilis siliquoidea to a toxic sediment.

The objective of the present study was to evaluate the relative sensitivity of test organisms in exposures to dilutions of a highly toxic sediment con...
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