Microcosm evaluation of the fate, toxicity, and risk to aquatic macrophytes from perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 307-316

  Hanson, Mark L ^a,c   Small, Jeff ^b   Sibley, Paul K ^a   Boudreau, Tim M ^a   Brain, Richard A ^a   Mabury, Scott A ^b   Solomon, Keith R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID;

ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; MACROPHYTE; POLLUTANT; SURFACTANT; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLUORINATION; MACROPHYTE; MICROCOSM; PHYTOTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANGIOSPERMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUOROCARBONS; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; OCTANOIC ACIDS; PLANT ROOTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

MYRIOPHYLLUM; MYRIOPHYLLUM SIBIRICUM; MYRIOPHYLLUM SPICATUM;

EID: 25644433513     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-004-0125-x     Document Type: Article

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