An assessment of the toxicity of phthalate esters to freshwater benthos. 2. Sediment exposures

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1805-1815

  Call, Daniel J ^a   Cox, Dean A ^a   Geiger, Dianne L ^a   Genisot, Kristen I ^a   Markee, Thomas P ^a   Brooke, Larry T ^a   Polkinghorne, Christine N ^a   VandeVenter, Fred A ^a   Gorsuch, Joseph W ^b   Robillard, Kenneth A ^b   Parkerton, Thomas F ^c   Reiley, Mary C ^d   Ankley, Gerald T ^d   Mount, David R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SUPERIOR   (United States)

^b EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY   (United States)

^c EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphipod; Chironomid; Phthalate esters; Sediments; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ESTERS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SEDIMENTS;

EQUILIBRIUM PARTITIONING THEORY; FRESHWATER BENTHOS;

TOXICITY;

FRESH WATER; PHTHALIC ACID ESTER;

ESTER; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; INVERTEBRATE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; THEORY; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHIRONOMUS TENTANS; HYALELLA AZTECA;

EID: 0034912540     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620200826     Document Type: Article

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