Toxicity of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid and perfluorooctanoic acid on freshwater macroinvertebrates (Daphnia magna and moina macrocopa) and fish (Oryzias latipes)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2159-2168

  Ji, Kyunghee ^a   Kim, Younghee ^a   Oh, Sorin ^b   Ahn, Byeongwoo ^c   Jo, Hyunye ^c   Choi, Kyungho ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b National Institute of Environmental Research   (South Korea)

^c Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aquatic toxicity; Perfluorinated compounds; Thyroid; Transgenerational toxicity; Water flea

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

AQUATIC TOXICITY; PERFLUORINATED COMPOUNDS; THYROID; TRANSGENERATIONAL TOXICITY; WATER FLEA;

TOXICITY;

PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRUSTACEAN; FISH; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MORTALITY; TOXICITY;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHRONIC TOXICITY; DAPHNIA; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EMBRYOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FRESHWATER SPECIES; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LETHALITY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MOINA MACROCOPA; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ORYZIAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; TELEOST; TOXICITY TESTING;

ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; ANIMALS; CLADOCERA; DAPHNIA; FLUOROCARBONS; FRESH WATER; OCTANOIC ACIDS; ORYZIAS; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THYROID GLAND; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CLADOCERA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; MOINA MACROCOPA; ORYZIAS LATIPES; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 53949119566     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/07-523.1     Document Type: Article

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