Lethality and bioaccumulation of 4-nonylphenol in bluegill sunfish in littoral enclosures

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 394-400

  Liber, Karsten ^a,c   Gangl, James A ^a   Corry, Timothy D ^a   Heinis, Larry J ^a   Stay, Frank S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SUPERIOR   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Bluegill sunfish; Mesocosms; Nonylphenol; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

NONYLPHENOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ECOTOXICITY; FISH; LETHALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALIA; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS;

EID: 0032999027     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1999)018<0394:LABONI>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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