A flow-through laboratory microcosm suitable for assessing effects of surfactants on natural periphyton

Environmental Toxicology and Water Quality

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 65-76

  Belanger, S E ^a   Rupe, K L ^b   Lowe, R L ^a   Johnson, D ^b   Pan, Y ^a  

^a PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYLETHOXYLATE SULFATE; ANIONIC SURFACTANT; COPPER; DODECYL SULFATE; SURFACTANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALGA; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY;

ALGAE;

EID: 0030069198     PISSN: 10534725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2256(1996)11:1<65::AID-TOX9>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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