Acute and sub-lethal toxicity of three POEA surfactant formulations to Daphnia magna

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 510-514

  Brausch, John M ^a   Beall, Blake ^a   Smith, Philip N ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Daphnia magna; POEA; Surfactants

Indexed keywords

DAPHNIA MAGNA; POLYETHOXYLATED TALLOWAMINE (POEA);

GROWTH KINETICS; HERBICIDES; PLANTS (BOTANY); TOXICITY;

SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

NONIONIC SURFACTANT; OXIDE; POLYETHOXYLATED TALLOWAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAPHNIA; GROWTH INHIBITION; LC 50; LETHALITY; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; DAPHNIA; OXYGEN; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

DAPHNIA MAGNA;

EID: 34548048383     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-007-9091-0     Document Type: Article

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