Sensitivity of green and blue-green algae to methyl tert-butyl ether

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 514-519

  CHEN, Jianmeng ^a   MA, Jianyi ^a,b   CAO, Wei ^a   WANG, Pinwei ^b   TONG, Senmiao ^b   SUN, Yizhao ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

cyanobacteria; ecological risk; green algae; methyl tert butyl ether; toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALGAL GROWTHS; APHANIZOMENON FLOS-AQUAE; BLUE-GREEN ALGAE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; CONCENTRATION OF; CYANOBACTERIA; DURATION TIME; ECOLOGICAL RISK; GREEN ALGAE; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; METHYL TERT-BUTYL ETHER;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOLOGY; ETHERS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHYTOPLANKTON;

TOXICITY;

ETHER DERIVATIVE; METHYL TERT-BUTYL ETHER; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CYANOBACTERIUM; GREEN ALGA; GROWTH RATE; MTBE; POLLUTION EFFECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; GREEN ALGA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ALGAE, GREEN; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; METHYL ETHERS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

'CHLORELLA' ELLIPSOIDEA; ALGAE; APHANIZOMENON; APHANIZOMENON FLOS-AQUAE; CHLORELLA (CHLORELLALES); CHLORELLA (PRASIOLALES); CHLORELLA (UNCLASSIFIED CHLOROPHYCEAE); CHLORELLA (UNCLASSIFIED TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE); CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 64549137031     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(08)62301-3     Document Type: Article

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