Acute toxicity of atrazine, endosulfan sulphate and chlorpyrifos to Vibrio fischeri, Thamnocephalus platyurus and Daphnia magna, relative to their concentrations in surface waters from the Alentejo region of Portugal

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 485-489

  Palma, P ^a,b   Palma, V L ^a   Fernandes, R M ^a   Soares, A M V M ^c   Barbosa, I R ^b  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BEJA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aquatic ecotoxicity bioassays; Atrazine; Chlorpyrifos; Endosulfan sulphate

Indexed keywords

ACUTE TOXICITIES; AQUATIC ECOTOXICITY BIOASSAYS; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ATRAZINE; CHLORPYRIFOS; DAPHNIA MAGNA; ECOTOXICOLOGICAL EFFECTS; ENDOSULFAN; ENDOSULFAN SULPHATE; EU LEGISLATION; PORTUGAL; SULPHATE; TEST BATTERIES; TOXIC EFFECTS; TROPHIC LEVELS; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

AQUACULTURE; ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; INSECTICIDES; PESTICIDES; SURFACE WATERS; TESTING; TOXIC MATERIALS; TOXICITY;

HERBICIDES;

ATRAZINE; CHLORPYRIFOS; ENDOSULFAN SULPHATE; INSECTICIDE; SURFACE WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA; NONHUMAN; PORTUGAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHRIMP; THAMMOCEPHALUS PLATYURUS; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXICOLOGY; TROPHIC LEVEL; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

ANIMALS; ANOSTRACA; ATRAZINE; CHLORPYRIFOS; DAPHNIA; ENDOSULFAN; HERBICIDES; INSECTICIDES; PORTUGAL; POTASSIUM DICHROMATE; SEAWATER; VIBRIO FISCHERI; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; THAMNOCEPHALUS PLATYURUS; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 52449126107     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-008-9517-3     Document Type: Article

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