Fate and biological effects of polymeric MDI (4,4′-diphenylmethane diisocyanate and homologs) in small artificial ponds

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 143-153

  Heimbach, Fred ^a   Jaeger, Klaus ^a   Sporenberg, Werner ^a  

^a BAYER AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIVALVIA; MYKISS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE;

DIPHENYLMETHANE 4,4' DIISOCYANATE; GROUND WATER;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; POND; POPULATION DENSITY; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; FRESH WATER; GERMANY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ISOCYANATES; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANTS; POLYMERS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZOOPLANKTON;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; CHEMICAL FATE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MDI; POND;

EID: 0029663488     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/eesa.1996.0018     Document Type: Article

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