Controlled release experiments with nonylphenol in aquatic microcosms

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 182-188

  Pfister, Gerd ^a   Jüttner, Ingrid ^a   Severin, Gabriele F ^a   Schramm, Karl Werner ^a   Kettrup, Antonius ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

4 Nonylphenol; Aquatic microcosms; Chemical persistence; Controlled release; Sediment

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; LAKES; LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; PHENOLS; SEDIMENTS; TOXICITY;

CONTROLLED-RELEASE DEVICES (CRDS);

MARINE BIOLOGY;

4 NONYLPHENOL; LAKE WATER; NONYLPHENOL;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; ECOTOXICOLOGY; MICROCOSM; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ARTICLE; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 0037214035     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620220124     Document Type: Article

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