Assessing effects of the pharmaceutical ivermectin on meiobenthic communities using freshwater microcosms

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 126-137

  Brinke, Marvin ^a   Höss, Sebastian ^b   Fink, Guido ^c   Ternes, Thomas A ^c   Heininger, Peter ^c   Traunspurger, Walter ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Ecossa (Ecological Sediment and Soil Assessment)   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Community; Ivermectin; Meiofauna; Microcosm; Nematodes; Pharmaceutical

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN; ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; FRESH WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

BENTHOS; CRUSTACEAN; DRUG; ECOTOXICOLOGY; IVERMECTIN; MICROCOSM; NEMATODE; PHYLOGENETICS; POLLUTION EFFECT;

ARTICLE; CLADOCERAN; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSTACEA; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUMONHYSTERA; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; MEIOFAUNA; MICROCOSM; MONHYSTERA; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; OSTRACOD; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TARDIGRADE; TOBRILUS; TRIPHYLA; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; ECOSYSTEM; INVERTEBRATE; OLIGOCHAETA; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; ANTIPARASITIC AGENTS; CRUSTACEA; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; INVERTEBRATES; IVERMECTIN; NEMATODA; OLIGOCHAETA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EUMONHYSTERA; MONHYSTERA; NEMATODA; OSTRACODA; TARDIGRADA; TOBRILUS; TRIPYLA;

EID: 77955556476     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2010.04.008     Document Type: Article

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