An assessment of the toxicity of some pesticides and their metabolites affecting a natural aquatic environment using the microtox(TM) system

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 19-24

  Amoros I ^a   Connon, R ^b   Garelick, H ^b   Alonso, J L ^a   Carrasco, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Additive effects; Metabolites; Microtox(TM); Pesticides; Toxicity; Vibrio fischeri

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HERBICIDES; HYDROLYSIS; LAKES; METABOLITES; PESTICIDE EFFECTS; PESTICIDES;

ADDITIVE EFFECTS; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

TOXICITY;

4 NITROANISOLE; BENTHIOCARB; FENITROTHION; HERBICIDE; LAKE WATER; MOLINATE; NITROPHENOL; PESTICIDE;

AQUATIC FAUNA; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HYDROLYSIS; METABOLITE; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TESTING; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHOTOBACTERIUM; VALENCIA; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 0033834352     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2000.0285     Document Type: Conference Paper

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