Screening of PAHs and DDTs in sand and acrisols soil by a rapid solid-phase microalgal bioassay

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 429-438

  Chung, M K ^a   Hu, R ^b   Cheung, K C ^a   Wong, M H ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bioassay; EC50; Microalgae; Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs); Persistent Toxic Substances (PTS); Screening test; Vascular plants

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE; HERBICIDE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

ACRISOL; BIOASSAY; DDT; MICROALGA; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PAH; PHYTOTOXICITY; POLLUTION EFFECT; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; VASCULAR PLANT;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HIGHER PLANT; MICROALGA; NONHUMAN; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAND; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOLID; TOXICITY;

ALGAE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GERMINATION; HUMANS; POACEAE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SEEDS; SILICON DIOXIDE; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. CHINENSIS; CHLOROCOCCUM; CHLOROCOCCUM HYPNOSPORUM; CYNODON DACTYLON; EMBRYOPHYTA; LOLIUM PERENNE; SELENASTRUM CAPRICORNUTUM; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 34249274944     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-007-0146-0     Document Type: Article

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