Toxic cell concentrations of three polychlorinated biphenyl congeners in the green alga Selenastrum capricornutum

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1848-1851

  Mayer, Philipp ^a,b   Halling SøRENSEN, Bent ^a   Sijm, Dick T H M ^b   Nyholm, Niels ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Algal growth inhibition test Aquatic toxicology; Baseline toxicity; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Toxic cell concentration

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ECOTOXICITY; GREEN ALGA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELENASTRUM CAPRICORNUTUM; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; SELENASTRUM CAPRICORNUTUM;

EID: 0031844192     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620170927     Document Type: Article

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