Effect of short-term exposure to methyl-tert-butyl ether and tert-butyl alcohol on the hatch rate and development of the African catfish, Clarias gariepinus

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 514-519

  Moreels, David ^a,b   Lodewijks, Pieter ^b   Zegers, Hans ^b   Rurangwa, Eugène ^b   Vromant, Nico ^b   Bastiaens, Leen ^a   Diels, Ludo ^a   Springael, Dirk ^b   Merckx, Roel ^b   Ollevier, Frans ^b  

^a FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

African catfish development; Clarias gariepinus; Methyl tert butyl ether; Tert butyl alcohol

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; FUEL ADDITIVES; GROUNDWATER; METABOLITES; SURFACE WATERS; TOXICITY;

AFRICAN CATFISH DEVELOPMENT; CLARIAS GARIEPINUS; METHYL-TERT-BUTYL ETHER; TERT-BUTYL ALCOHOL;

ETHERS;

FUEL; TERT BUTYL ALCOHOL; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; ETHER; HATCHING; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATFISH; CLARIAS GARIEPINUS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EYE MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HATCHING; LARVA; MALE; MORTALITY; MOUTH; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD MALFORMATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ANIMALS; CARCINOGENS; CATFISHES; FEMALE; LARVA; METHYL ETHERS; OVUM; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL; TERT-BUTYL ALCOHOL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; CLARIAS GARIEPINUS;

EID: 31144442992     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/04-641R.1     Document Type: Article

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