Additive toxicity of herbicide mixtures and comparative sensitivity of tropical benthic microalgae

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1978-1987

  Magnusson, Marie ^a   Heimann, Kirsten ^a   Quayle, Pamela ^b   Negri, Andrew P ^c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fluorometry; Great Barrier Reef; Herbicide; Photosynthesis; Pollution

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINES; BENTHIC MICROALGAE; BREAKDOWN PRODUCTS; CHEMICAL INTERACTIONS; COMPLEX MIXTURE; CYLINDROTHECA CLOSTERIUM; DICHLOROANILINE; FLUOROMETRY; GREAT BARRIER REEF; GREEN ALGA; HEXAZINONE; HIGH-THROUGHPUT; MARINE COMMUNITY; NATURAL WATERS; PHAEODACTYLUM TRICORNUTUM; PHOTOSYSTEM II; SIMAZINE; STANDARD TESTS; TEBUTHIURON;

ALGAE; BINARY MIXTURES; BIOASSAY; FLUOROMETERS; MARINE POLLUTION; MICROORGANISMS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLLUTION; REEFS; TOXICITY; TROPICS; UREA; WEED CONTROL;

HERBICIDES;

3,4 DICHLOROANILINE; ATRAZINE; DEETHYLATRAZINE; DIURON; HEXAZINONE; SIMAZINE; TEBUTHIURON;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; DIATOM; FLUOROMETRY; HERBICIDE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE POLLUTION; MICROALGA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTION;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOASSAY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUOROMETRY; GREEN ALGA; MICROALGA; NONHUMAN; PHYTOTOXICITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRAMENOPILE; SYMBIONT; TOXICITY TESTING;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CHLOROPHYTA; DIATOMS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HERBICIDES; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

ANTHOZOA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CYLINDROTHECA CLOSTERIUM; NAVICULA; NEPHROSELMIS PYRIFORMIS; PHAEODACTYLUM TRICORNUTUM; STRAMENOCHROMA;

EID: 78049296903     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.07.031     Document Type: Article

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