Application of the target lipid model for deriving predicted no-effect concentrations for wastewater organisms

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2317-2331

  Redman, Aaron ^a   McGrath, Joy ^a   Febbo, Eric ^b   Parkerton, Thomas ^b   Letinski, Dan ^b   Connelly, Martin ^b   Winkelmann, Douglas ^b   Di Toro, Dominic ^c  

^a HydroQual Inc   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Narcosis; Nitrification inhibition; Predicted no effect concentration; Quantitative structure activity relationship; Wastewater microbes

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; EXTRAPOLATION; MICROORGANISMS; NITRIFICATION; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

NARCOSIS; NITRIFICATION INHIBITION; PREDICTED NO-EFFECT CONCENTRATION; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; WASTEWATER MICROBES;

LIPIDS;

OCTANOL;

BIOASSAY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROWTH; LIPID; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; POLLUTION EFFECT; PREDICTION; TOXICITY; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; ECOTOXICITY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; MARINE SPECIES; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TETRAHYMENA; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; LIPID METABOLISM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITRITES; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS;

EID: 36148974741     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/07-083R.1     Document Type: Article

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