Acute and chronic toxicity of pyrene to the unicellular marine alga Phaeodactylum tricornutum

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 600-605

  Okay, O S ^a   Tufekci V ^a   Donkin, P ^b  

^a Earth Sciences Research Institute   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ALGA; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOASSAY; CHRONIC TOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; TOXICITY TESTING;

DIATOMS; FLUORESCENT DYES; LETHAL DOSE 50; PYRENES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ALGAE; EUKARYOTA; PHAEODACTYLUM TRICORNUTUM;

EID: 0036556023     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001280296     Document Type: Article

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