A comparison of mixture toxicity assessment: Examining the chronic toxicity of atrazine, permethrin and chlorothalonil in mixtures to Ceriodaphnia cf. Dubia

Chemosphere

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1568-1573

  Phyu, Y L ^a   Palmer, C G ^a   Warne, M S J ^b   Hose, G C ^c   Chapman, J C ^d   Lim, R P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atrazine; Ceriodaphnia; Chlorothalonil; Chronic toxicity; Mixture toxicity; Permethrin

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; HERBICIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

CERIODAPHNIA; CHLOROTHALONIL; CHRONIC TOXICITY; MIXTURE TOXICITY; PERMETHRIN;

BINARY MIXTURES;

ATRAZINE; CHLOROTHALONIL; FRESH WATER; PERMETHRIN; PESTICIDE;

ANTAGONISM; ATRAZINE; CHLOROTHALONIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRUSTACEAN; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; PERMETHRIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYNERGISM; TOXICITY TEST;

AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; CERIODAPHNIA; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; ECOTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTING;

CERIODAPHNIA; CERIODAPHNIA DUBIA;

EID: 81155123126     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.07.061     Document Type: Article

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