Evaluation of the aquatic toxicity of two veterinary sulfonamides using five test organisms

Chemosphere

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 788-793

  De Liguoro, Marco ^a   Di Leva, Vincenzo ^a   Gallina, Guglielmo ^a   Faccio, Elisabetta ^a   Pinto, Gabriele ^b   Pollio, Antonino ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Algae; Daphnia; Lemna; Sulfonamides; Toxicity; Veterinary

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; AMIDES; CELL PROLIFERATION; MIXTURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TESTING; TOXICITY;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; DAPHNIA; FRESHWATER ORGANISMS; GROWTH INHIBITION TESTS; LEMNA; PSEUDOKIRCHNERIELLA SUBCAPITATA; SULFONAMIDES; VETERINARY;

AQUATIC ORGANISMS;

SULFAGUANIDINE; SULFAQUINOXALINE;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CRUSTACEAN; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GREEN ALGA; PROBABILITY; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TEST;

ALGAL GROWTH; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAPHNIA; GREEN ALGA; GROWTH INHIBITION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LEMNA GIBBA; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOKIRCHNERIELLA SUBCAPITATA; REPRODUCTION; SCENEDESMUS; SYNECOCOCCUS LEOPOLIENSIS;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; DAPHNIIDAE; LEMNA; LEMNA GIBBA; SCENEDESMUS DIMORPHUS; SELENASTRUM CAPRICORNUTUM;

EID: 77957235140     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.07.003     Document Type: Article

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