Fate and effect of monoalkyl quaternary ammonium surfactants in the aquatic environment

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 169-175

  Garcia M T ^a   Ribosa, I ^a   Guindulain, T ^b   Sanchez Leal J ^a   Vives Rego, J ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aquatic toxicity; Biodegradation; Cationic surfactants; Flow cytometry; Marine bacterioplankton

Indexed keywords

CATIONIC SURFACTANT; CETRIMIDE; DODECYL BENZYL DIMETHYL AMMONIUM BROMIDE; DODECYLTRIMETHYLAMMONIUM BROMIDE; TETRADECYL BENZYL DIMETHYL AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; TETRADECYL TRIMETHYL AMMONIUM BROMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMMONIUM; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BIODEGRADATION; SURFACTANT; TOXICITY TEST;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ADSORPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; DAPHNIA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOBACTERIUM PHOSPHOREUM; PLANKTON; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

DAPHNIA MAGNA; PHOTOBACTERIUM; PHOTOBACTERIUM PHOSPHOREUM;

EID: 0342656168     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(99)00322-X     Document Type: Article

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