Toxicity of anionic surfactants to green microalgae "Scenedesmus Subspicatus" and "Selenastrum Capricornutum"

Tenside, Surfactants, Detergents

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 166-169

  Verge, C ^a,b,e   Moreno, A ^a,b,c,d  

^a University of Granada ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c Petresa Petrochemical Complex   (Spain)

^d Chemical Department

^e CEPSA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; MATERIALS TESTING; TOXICITY;

ALCOHOL ETHER SULFATE; ALCOHOL SULFATE; ANIONIC SURFACTANTS; GREEN MICROALGAE; LINEAR ALKYLBENZENE SULFONATE;

SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 0030102032     PISSN: 09323414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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