Liquid-gas partitioning of the gasoline oxygenate methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) under laboratory conditions and its effect on growth of selected algae

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 6-11

  Rousch, J M ^a   Sommerfeld, M R ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER;

ALGA; ARTICLE; DISSOLUTION; GAS ANALYSIS; LABORATORY; LIQUID; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY TESTING;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ALGAE; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; GASES; GASOLINE; METHYL ETHERS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOXICITY TESTS;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; NAVICULA PELLICULOSA; SELENASTRUM CAPRICORNUTUM; SYNECHOCOCCUS LEOPOLIENSIS;

EID: 0031965329     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002449900279     Document Type: Article

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