The toxicity and bioavailability of atrazine and molinate to Chironomus tepperi larvae in laboratory and river water in the presence and absence of sediment

Chemosphere

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1231-1239

  Phyu, Yin Latt ^a   Warne, M St J ^a,b   Lim, R P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b EPA/UTS Centre for Ecotoxicology ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Atrazine; Bioavailability; C. tepperi; Molinate; River water; Sediment

Indexed keywords

RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; TOXICITY; WATER ANALYSIS;

ATRAZINE; BIOAVAILABILITY; FIDUCIAL LIMITS (FL); MOLINATE;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS;

ATRAZINE; MOLINATE; RIVER WATER; WATER;

ATRAZINE; BIOAVAILABILITY; LARVA; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RIVER WATER; TOXICITY TEST;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHIRONOMIDAE; LABORATORY TEST; LARVA; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT; TOXICITY TESTING;

CHIRONOMUS TEPPERI; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI;

EID: 12744268220     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2004.10.035     Document Type: Article

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