Acute toxicity of widely used pharmaceuticals in aquatic species: Gambusia holbrooki, Artemia parthenogenetica and Tetraselmis chuii

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 413-419

  Nunes, B ^a,b   Carvalho, F ^a   Guilhermino, L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Acute toxic effects; Artemia; Detergent; Gambusia; LC50; Pharmaceuticals; Tetraselmis

Indexed keywords

CLOFIBRATE; CLOFIBRIC ACID; DIAZEPAM; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; TOXICITY;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ALGA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTEMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSTACEA; ECOTOXICITY; FISH; IC 50; LC 50; NONHUMAN;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; ANTILIPEMIC AGENTS; ARTEMIA; CLOFIBRATE; CLOFIBRIC ACID; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; DETERGENTS; DIAZEPAM; LETHAL DOSE 50; REFERENCE VALUES; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; ARTEMIA; ARTEMIA PARTHENOGENETICA; CRUSTACEA; GAMBUSIA; GAMBUSIA HOLBROOKI; TETRASELMIS; TETRASELMIS CHUII;

EID: 19544382030     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2004.08.010     Document Type: Article

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