Acute toxicity of birch tar oil on aquatic organisms

Agricultural and Food Science

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 24-33

  Hagner, Marleena ^a   Penttinen, Olli Pekka ^a   Pasanen, Tiina ^a   Tiilikkala, Kari ^b   Setälä, Heikki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b PLANT PRODUCTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity test; Aquatic organisms; Biocide; Birch tar oil; EC50

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANNELIDA; ASELLUS AQUATICUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRUSTACEA; DANIO RERIO; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; HEXAPODA; LEMNA MINOR; LUMBRICULUS VARIEGATUS; LYMNAEA; MOLLUSCA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); RODENTIA; SCENEDESMUS; TRACHEOPHYTA; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 77951776238     PISSN: 14596067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2137/145960610791015023     Document Type: Article

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