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Copper tolerance in fathead minnows: II. Maternal transfer
Author(s) -
Peake Elizabeth B.,
Locke Jessica C.,
Tierney Laura L.,
Kolok Alan S.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
environmental toxicology and chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 171
eISSN - 1552-8618
pISSN - 0730-7268
DOI - 10.1897/02-610
Subject(s) - environmental chemistry , copper , chemistry , organic chemistry
Abstract Female fathead minnows ( Pimephales promelas ) exposed to copper (Cu) maternally transfer Cu tolerance to their larval offspring. Larvae produced after female parents received a sublethal 5‐d, 100 μg/L Cu exposure had significantly greater survivorship in potentially lethal Cu solutions than larvae produced before those females were exposed to Cu.