Comparison of acute toxicity of process chemicals used in the oil refinery industry, tested with the diatom Chaetoceros gracilis, the flagellate Isochrysis galbana, and the zebra fish, Brachydanio rerio

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1211-1217

  Roseth, Svein ^a   Edvardsson, Trym ^a   Botten, Tone Merete ^a   Fuglestad, Jon ^a   Fonnum, Frode ^a   Stenersen, Jørgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Algae; Fish; Oil refinery; Process chemicals; Toxicity tests

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DIATOM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EMBRYOTOXICITY; FLAGELLATE; LD 50; NONHUMAN; OIL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY TESTING; ZEBRA FISH;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BRACHYDANIO RERIO; CHAETOCEROS GRACILIS; DANIO RERIO; ISOCHRYSIS GALBANA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES);

EID: 0029791037     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620150729     Document Type: Article

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