Negligible risks to corals from antifouling booster biocides and triazine herbicides in coastal waters of the Chagos Archipelago

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 226-232

  Guitart, Carlos ^a   Sheppard, Anne ^b   Frickers, Trish ^a   Price, Andrew R G ^b   Readman, James W ^a  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFOULING AGENT; BIOCIDE; HERBICIDE; TRIAZINE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIFOULING; COASTAL WATER; CORAL REEF; HERBICIDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRIAZINE;

ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; CORAL; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA POLLUTION; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; DATA COLLECTION; DISINFECTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HERBICIDES; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; SEAWATER; TRIAZINES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY; CHAGOS ARCHIPELAGO; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 33846635065     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2006.10.012     Document Type: Article

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