Are pharmaceuticals more harmful than other pollutants to aquatic invertebrate species: A hypothesis tested using multi-biomarker and multi-species responses in field collected and transplanted organisms

Chemosphere

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1548-1554

  Damásio, Joana ^a   Barceló, Damià ^a   Brix, Rikke ^a   Postigo, Cristina ^a   Gros, Meritxell ^a,b   Petrovic, Mira ^a,b   Sabater, Sergi ^b   Guasch, Helena ^b   de Alda, Miren Lopez ^a   Barata, Carlos ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aquatic macroinvertebrate; Field; Pesticide; Pharmaceutical; Salinity; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BIOMARKERS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DAMAGE DETECTION; DRUG PRODUCTS; EFFLUENTS; ENZYMES; LIPIDS; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PESTICIDES; POLLUTION; SEWAGE; SOAPS (DETERGENTS); TOXICITY; WATER QUALITY;

CHOLINESTERASE ACTIVITY; FIELD; GLUTATHIONE S-TRANSFERASES; HYDROPSYCHE EXOCELLATA; LIPID PEROXIDATION LEVELS; MACROINVERTEBRATES; SALINITY; WATER QUALITY VARIABLES;

AQUATIC ORGANISMS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DETERGENT; GROUND WATER; METAL; PESTICIDE; SURFACE WATER;

AMMONIA; BIOMARKER; DETOXIFICATION; DRUG; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EFFLUENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FIELD METHOD; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INHIBITION; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MORTALITY; POLLUTION EFFECT; SALINITY; SALT; SEWAGE TREATMENT; TOXICITY TEST; TRANSPLANTATION; WATER QUALITY;

AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; DAPHNIA; DETOXIFICATION; EFFLUENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INVERTEBRATE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALINITY; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SPAIN; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER QUALITY;

CATALONIA; LLOBREGAT BASIN; SPAIN;

DAPHNIA MAGNA; ECHINOGAMMARUS LONGISETOSUS; HYDROPSYCHE EXOCELLATA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 81155139760     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.07.058     Document Type: Article

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