Toxicity assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons using an air-tight algal toxicity test

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 54, Issue 11-12, 2006, Pages 309-315

  Chen, C Y ^a   Yan, Y K ^a   Yang, C F ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

PAHs; Photo induced toxicity; Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata; QSAR

Indexed keywords

AIR-TIGHT ALGAL TOXICITY TEST; PHOTO-INDUCED TOXICITY; PSEUDOKIRCHNERIELLA SUBCAPITATA; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP (QSAR); TOXICITY ASSESSMENT;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); TESTING; TOXICITY;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ANTHRACENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZANTHRONE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); TESTING; TOXICITY;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; GREEN ALGA; HYDROPHOBICITY; PAH; POLLUTION EFFECT; TOXICITY TEST;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAPHNIA; FRESHWATER FISH; GREEN ALGA; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOACTIVATION; PHOTOTOXICITY; PSEUDOKIRCHNERIELLA SUBCAPITATA; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SCENEDESMUS; TOXICITY TESTING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AIR; CHLOROPHYTA; INCUBATORS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; THERMODYNAMICS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; DESMODESMUS SUBSPICATUS; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; SELENASTRUM CAPRICORNUTUM;

EID: 33846582979     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2006.722     Document Type: Conference Paper

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