Occurrence and toxicity of 331 organic pollutants in large rivers of north Germany over a decade (1994 to 2004)

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 6167-6174

  Schäfer, Ralf B ^a   Von Der Ohe, Peter Carsten ^b   Kühne, Ralph ^b   Schüürmann, Gerrit ^b,c   Liess, Matthias ^b  

^a University of Koblenz Landau   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE TOXIC EFFECTS; ACUTE TOXICITY; AQUATIC FAUNA; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; CHEMICAL GROUP; DAPHNIA MAGNA; DETECTION FREQUENCY; EUROPEAN UNION; GERMANY; GREEN ALGA; LARGE RIVERS; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; POTENTIAL RISKS; PSEUDOKIRCHNERIELLA SUBCAPITATA; RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT; STANDARD TESTS; TEST ORGANISMS;

ANIMALS; HYDROCARBONS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PESTICIDES; POLLUTION DETECTION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RIVERS; TOXICITY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ALKANE DERIVATIVE; ANILINE DERIVATIVE; ANISOLE DERIVATIVE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; CHLOROPHENOL; HALOGEN; NITROBENZENE DERIVATIVE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANOTIN COMPOUND; PESTICIDE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; TOLUENE DERIVATIVE;

AQUATIC ORGANISM; BASIN MANAGEMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRUSTACEAN; CYPRINID; DATA SET; DETECTION METHOD; EUROPEAN UNION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GREEN ALGA; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PAH; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EFFECT; RISK FACTOR; RIVER BASIN; RIVER POLLUTION; TOXICITY;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA; ECOTOXICITY; FISH; GERMANY; GREEN ALGA; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; PSEUDOKIRCHNERIELLA SUBCAPITATA; RIVER; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; CHLOROPHYTA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CYPRINIDAE; DAPHNIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GERMANY; LETHAL DOSE 50; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PESTICIDES; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RIVERS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

GERMANY;

CHLOROPHYTA; CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; INVERTEBRATA; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; SELENASTRUM CAPRICORNUTUM;

EID: 79960549533     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es2013006     Document Type: Article

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