Antibiotics as a chemical stressor affecting an aquatic decomposer-detritivore system

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 197-203

  Bundschuh, Mirco ^a   Hahn, Torsten ^b   Gessner, Mark O ^c   Schulz, Ralf ^a  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR TOXICOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Ecosystem process; Food choice; Indirect effect; Microbial community

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC CONCENTRATION; ANTIBIOTIC RESIDUES; AQUATIC COMMUNITIES; CHEMICAL STRESSORS; CHOICE EXPERIMENTS; CLARITHROMYCIN; CONCENTRATION OF; DECOMPOSERS; DETRITIVORES; ECOSYSTEM PROCESS; FUNGAL BIOMASS; FUNGAL COMMUNITY; GAMMARUS; INDIRECT EFFECT; INDIRECT EFFECTS; LEAF DISCS; LEAF LITTER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; ORGANIC MATTER; PRIMARY ENERGY SOURCE; ROXITHROMYCIN; RUNNING WATERS; STREAM ECOSYSTEMS; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; T-TESTS; TRIMETHOPRIM; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT EFFLUENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

BACTERIOLOGY; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOSYSTEMS; EFFLUENTS; MIXTURES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ANTIBIOTICS;

CLARITHROMYCIN; ERGOSTEROL; ERYTHROMYCIN; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; ORGANIC MATTER; ROXITHROMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; DETRITIVORY; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS; INVERTEBRATE; LEAF LITTER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; ORGANIC MATTER; STREAM; WASTEWATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSER; DETRITIVORE; DRUG MIXTURE; FUNGAL BIOMASS; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS FOSSARUM; LEAF LITTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREAM (RIVER); WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER CONTAMINATION; AMPHIPODA; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; DRUG EFFECT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FUNGUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF; WATER POLLUTANT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS FOSSARUM; INVERTEBRATA;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BIOMASS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FUNGI; PLANT LEAVES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 65449153693     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/08-075.1     Document Type: Article

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