Toxicity of a PAH photooxidation product to the bacteria Photobacterium phosphoreum and the duckweed Lemna gibra: Effects of phenanthrene and its primary photoproduct, phenanthrenequinone

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 892-899

  McConkey, Brendan J ^a   Duxbury, Cheryl L ^a   Dixon, D George ^a   Greenberg, Bruce M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Phenanthrene; Phenanthrenequinone; Phytotoxicity; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Sunlight

Indexed keywords

PHENANTHRENE; PHENANTHRENE DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AQUATIC FAUNA; AQUATIC FLORA; ARTICLE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOOXIDATION; PHOTOTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUNLIGHT; TOXICITY TESTING;

LEMNA; LEMNA GIBBA; PHOTOBACTERIUM PHOSPHOREUM;

EID: 0030953175     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620160508     Document Type: Article

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