Toxicity to Daphnia pulex and QSAR predictions for polycyclic hydrocarbons representative of Great Lakes contaminants

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 834-840

  Passino Reader, D R ^a   Hickey, J P ^a   Ogilvie, L M ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBON;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAPHNIA; LAKE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; DAPHNIA; POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

LAKE POLLUTION; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBON; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

NORTH AMERICA, GREAT LAKES;

CLADOCERA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA PULEX; PULEX;

EID: 0030609785     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900557     Document Type: Article

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