Mixture toxicity of three photosystem II inhibitors (atrazine, isoproturon, and diuron) toward photosynthesis of freshwater phytoplankton studied in outdoor mesocosms

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 6424-6430

  Knauert, Stefanie ^a   Escher, Beate ^b   Singer, Heinz ^b   Hollender, Juliane ^b   Knauer, Katja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE CONTROL; PEST CONTROL; PESTICIDES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; TOXICITY; UREA; WEED CONTROL; EXPERIMENTS; MIXTURES; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

ATRAZINE; ISOPROTURON; MIXTURE TOXICITY;

HERBICIDES;

ATRAZINE; DIURON; HERBICIDE; ISOPROTURON;

ATRAZINE; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; INHIBITOR; LABORATORY METHOD; MESOCOSM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PHYTOTOXICITY; POLLUTION TOLERANCE;

ARTICLE; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FRESHWATER SPECIES; GROWTH INHIBITION; HAZARDOUS WASTE; MESOCOSM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PHOTOTOXICITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ATRAZINE; DIURON; ECOSYSTEM; HERBICIDES; PHENYLUREA COMPOUNDS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; PHYTOPLANKTON;

CONCENTRATION ADDITION; GROWTH INHIBITION; HAZARDOUS CONCENTRATIONS; HERBICIDE CONCENTRATION; ISOPROTURON; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; MESOCOSMS; MIXTURE EFFECTS; MIXTURE TOXICITY; MODE OF ACTION; PHOTOSYNTHETIC ACTIVITY; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PHOTOSYSTEM II INHIBITOR; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PHYTOTOXIC EFFECTS; POST-EXPOSURE; RESPONSE PARAMETERS; SPECIES SENSITIVITY DISTRIBUTIONS; TARGET SITES;

EID: 50849141685     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es072037q     Document Type: Article

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