Chronic effects of atrazine on tolerance of a benthic diatom

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1038-1045

  Nelson, Karen J ^a,b   Hoagland, Kyle D ^a   Siegfried, Blair D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrazine; Chronic exposure; Periphyton; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE; RUNOFF;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIATOM; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GROWTH RATE; INCUBATION TIME; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CRATICULA CUSPIDATA; CUSPIDATA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0033011239     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620180531     Document Type: Article

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