Phototoxicity of oil sands-derived polycyclic aromatic compounds to Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes) embryos

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3266-3274

  Farwell, Andrea J ^a   Nero, Vincent ^a   Croft, Melanie ^a   Rhodes, Spencer ^a   Dixon, D George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alkylated polycyclic aromatic compounds; Medaka embryos; Oil sands; Phototoxicity

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; MARINE BIOLOGY; TOXICITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ALKYLATED POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; MEDAKA EMBRYOS; PHOTOTOXICITY;

OIL SANDS;

DIBENZOTHIOPHENE DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUND;

BIOACCUMULATION; DISEASE; EMBRYO; FISH; GROWTH; IRRADIATION; MORTALITY; OIL SAND; TOXICITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYOTOXICITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OIL INDUSTRY; OIL SAND; ORYZIAS; PHOTOTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLAR RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

ANIMALS; OILS; ORYZIAS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SILICON DIOXIDE; SKULL;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

INVERTEBRATA; ORYZIAS LATIPES; ORYZIINAE;

EID: 33846242616     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/05-637R1.1     Document Type: Article

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