Comparative toxicity of a brominated flame retardant (tetrabromobisphenol A) on microalgae with single and multi-species bioassays

Chemosphere

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 50-55

  Debenest, Timothée ^a   Petit, Anne Nöelle ^b   Gagné, François ^a   Kohli, Mohan ^a   Nguyen, Nien ^a   Blaise, Christian ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

Flow cytometry; Microalgae; Multi species test; Species interactions

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MICROORGANISMS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; COMPARATIVE TOXICITY; FLUORESCEIN DIACETATE; MICRO-ALGAE; MULTI SPECIES; PSEUDOKIRCHNERIELLA SUBCAPITATA; SPECIES INTERACTIONS; TETRABROMOBISPHENOL A;

ALGAE;

CHLOROPHYLL; ESTERASE; FLUORESCEIN DIACETATE; TETRABROMOBISPHENOL A;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOASSAY; BROMINE; CHLOROPHYLL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH RATE; INHIBITION; MICROALGA; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PHENOL; POLLUTION EFFECT; TOXICITY;

ALGAL GROWTH; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; BIOASSAY; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GROWTH RATE; MICROALGA; NONHUMAN; PSEUDONITZSCHIA; TOXICITY;

ALGAE; NITZSCHIA PALEA; SELENASTRUM CAPRICORNUTUM;

EID: 84860403259     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.06.036     Document Type: Article

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