Development of methods for evaluating toxicity to freshwater ecosystems

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 148-176

  Girling, A E ^d   Pascoe, D ^a   Janssen, C R ^d   Peither, A ^b   Wenzel, A ^c   Schafer H ^c   Neumeier, B ^b   Mitchell, G C ^d   Taylor, E J ^a   Maund, S J ^a   Lay, J P ^b   Juttner I ^b   Crossland, N O ^d   Stephenson, R R ^d   Persoone, G ^d  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND APPLIED ECOLOGY IME   (Germany)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Atrazine; Community; Copper; D ichloroaniline; Ecosystems; Freshwater; Lindane; Mesocosm; Pond; Risk; Streams; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

3,4 DICHLOROANILINE; ATRAZINE; COPPER; FRESH WATER; LINDANE;

ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; TOXICITY;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ECOSYSTEM; LABORATORY TEST; PROTOZOON; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER ANALYSIS;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRACHIONUS CALYCIFLORUS; CHIRONOMUS RIPARIUS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDI; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CRUSTACEA; DESMODESMUS SUBSPICATUS; DIPTERA; EUGLENA GRACILIS; GAMMARUS PULEX; PROTOZOA; PULEX; ROTIFERA; SCENEDESMUS; SCENEDESMUS SUBSPICATUS; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS;

EID: 0033966106     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/eesa.1999.1847     Document Type: Article

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