Use of various acute, sublethal and early life-stage tests to evaluate the toxicity of refinery effluents

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2249-2257

  Sherry, James ^a   Scott, Brian ^a   Dutka, Bernard ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Oncorhynchus mykiss; Pimephales promelas; Refinery; Sublethal toxicity

Indexed keywords

1,1,1 TRICHLOROETHANE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; CHLOROBENZENE; CHLOROFORM; CYCLOHEXANE; ETHYLBENZENE; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; STYRENE; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TOLUENE DERIVATIVE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; XYLENE;

BIOASSAY; MICROTOX TEST; REFINERY EFFLUENT; SUBLETHAL TOXICITY; TOXICITY TEST;

ARTICLE; CANADA; EFFLUENT; FISH; GENOTOXICITY; INVERTEBRATE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER POLLUTION;

CANADA, ONTARIO;

ALGAE; ARACEAE; ASTERACEAE; CERIODAPHNIA DUBIA; CLADOCERA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; INVERTEBRATA; LACTUCA SATIVA; LEMNA MINOR; MYKISS; NEMATODA; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PANAGRELLUS REDIVIVUS; PHOXINUS PHOXINUS; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; SALMONIDAE; SELENASTRUM CAPRICORNUTUM; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 0030765903     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1997)016<2249:UOVASA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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