An ecological risk assessment for the use of the biocide, dibromonitrilopropionamide (DBNPA), in industrial cooling systems

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 21-30

  Klaine, Stephen J ^a   Cobb, George P ^a   Dickerson, Richard L ^a   Dixon, Kenneth R ^a   Kendall, Ronald J ^a   Smith, Ernest E ^a   Solomon, Keith R ^b  

^a Dept of Environmental Toxicology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Aquatic; Biocide; DBNPA; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; DIBROMONITRILOPROPIONAMIDE; INDUSTRIAL COOLING SYSTEMS;

BIOCIDES; COOLING SYSTEMS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; MARINE BIOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STREAM FLOW; TOXICITY;

ECOLOGY;

2,2 DIBROMO 2 CYANOACETAMIDE; COOLING WATER; PROPIONAMIDE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUATIC FAUNA; DOSE RESPONSE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; INDUSTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029971399     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1996)015<0021:AERAFT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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