Chronic toxicity of five structurally diverse demethylase-inhibiting fungicides to the crustacean Daphnia magna: A comparative assessment

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1218-1226

  Hassold, Enken ^a,c   Backhaus, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Daphnia magna; Ecdysteroid related toxicity; Embryo toxicity; Eye malformations; Fungicides

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC TOXICITY; COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT; DAPHNIA MAGNA; DEMETHYLASE; ECDYSTEROID-RELATED TOXICITY; EFFECT CONCENTRATION; EFFECTIVE CONCENTRATION; EMBRYO TOXICITY; EYE MALFORMATIONS; LIFE HISTORY; LIPOPHILICITY; MODE OF ACTION; NON-TARGET ORGANISM; PYRIFENOX; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; STEROL BIOSYNTHESIS;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; FUNGICIDES; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

TOXICITY;

DEMETHYLASE INHIBITOR; ECDYSTEROID; FENARIMOL; FUNGICIDE; PIPERAZINE DERIVATIVE; PROCHLORAZ; PYRIFENOX; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; TRIADIMEFON; TRIFORINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRUSTACEAN; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FECUNDITY; FUNGICIDE; HETEROGENEITY; INHIBITION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SOLUBILITY; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHRONIC TOXICITY; DAPHNIA; ECOTOXICITY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOTOXICITY; EYE MALFORMATION; FERTILITY; LIPOPHILICITY; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; DAPHNIA; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ENZYMES; EYE; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ARTHROPODA; CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; FUNGI;

EID: 67649171105     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/08-339.1     Document Type: Article

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