Comparative toxicity of the pesticides carbofuran and malathion to the freshwater flagellate Euglena gracilis

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1442-1454

  Azizullah, Azizullah ^a   Richter, Peter ^a   Häder, Donat Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbofuran; Euglena gracilis; Malathion; Pesticides; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

CARBOFURAN; CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL A; CHLOROPHYLL B; MALATHION;

CARBOFURAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FLAGELLATE; MALATHION; MOTILITY; PARAMETERIZATION; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL GROWTH; CELL MOTILITY; CELL SHAPE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; EUGLENA GRACILIS; FLAGELLATE; FRESHWATER SPECIES; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHETIC RATE; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM YIELD; SWIMMING; TOXICITY TESTING; VELOCITY;

CARBOFURAN; EUGLENA GRACILIS; FRESH WATER; MALATHION; PESTICIDES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EUGLENA GRACILIS; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES);

EID: 79960298538     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: 15733017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-011-0701-6     Document Type: Article

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