Toxicity of fluorotelomer carboxylic acids to the algae Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata and Chlorella vulgaris, and the amphipod Hyalella azteca

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2260-2267

  Mitchell, Rebecca J ^a   Myers, Anne L ^b   Mabury, Scott A ^b   Solomon, Keith R ^a   Sibley, Paul K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Algae; Fluorotelomer carboxylic acids; Hyalella azteca

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBOXYLIC ACID; FLUOROTELOMER CARBOXYLIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMPHIPOD; AQUATIC ORGANISM; BIODEGRADATION; CARBOXYLIC ACID; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GREEN ALGA; TOXICITY;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ALGA; AMPHIPODA; ARTICLE; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FRESHWATER SPECIES; HYALELLA AZTECA; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOKIRCHNERIELLA SUBCAPITATA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOXICITY TESTING;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CHLOROPHYTA; HYDROCARBONS, FLUORINATED; LETHAL DOSE 50; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ALGAE; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; HYALELLA AZTECA; INVERTEBRATA; SELENASTRUM CAPRICORNUTUM;

EID: 80755163510     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2011.07.034     Document Type: Article

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