Toxicity of perfluorooctane sulfonate and perfluorooctanoic acid to plants and aquatic invertebrates

Environmental Toxicology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 95-101

  Li, Mei Hui ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Daphnia magna; Perfluorooctane sulfonate; Perfluorooctanoic acid; Physa acuta; Root elongation

Indexed keywords

DAPHNIA MAGNA; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATE; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; PHYSA ACUTA; ROOT ELONGATION;

ACIDS; ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESES; ECOLOGY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELONGATION; INERT GASES; NEON; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

TOXICITY;

FRESH WATER; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID;

CRUSTACEAN; DICOTYLEDON; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FLUOROCARBON; FRUIT; GERMINATION; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROOT SYSTEM; SNAIL; TOXICITY TEST;

ACUTE TOXICITY; AQUATIC FLORA; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; DAPHNIA; ECOTOXICITY; LC 50; NONHUMAN; PHYSA ACUTA; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHRIMP; SNAIL; TAIWAN; TOXICITY TESTING;

ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FLUOROCARBONS; INVERTEBRATES; OCTANOIC ACIDS; PLANTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BRASSICA RAPA; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; DAPHNIA MAGNA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; LACTUCA; LACTUCA SATIVA; NEOCARIDINA; PHYSA ACUTA;

EID: 60349125565     PISSN: 15204081     EISSN: 15227278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tox.20396     Document Type: Article

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