Environmental quality standards for mixtures: A case study with a herbicide mixture tested in outdoor mesocosms

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 89, Issue , 2013, Pages 196-203

  Knauer, Katja ^a,c   Hommen, Udo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND APPLIED ECOLOGY IME   (Germany)

^c FederalOfficeforAgriculture   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chronic exposure; Hazard concentration; Mixture; Pesticides; Regulation

Indexed keywords

HERBICIDE; SURFACE WATER;

ABUNDANCE; ALGA; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; HERBICIDE; MACROPHYTE; MESOCOSM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SURFACE WATER; TOXICITY;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ALGA; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MACROPHYTE; MESOCOSM; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPECIES COMPOSITION; WATER STANDARD;

BIODIVERSITY; CHLOROPHYTA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HERBICIDES; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; PESTICIDES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANTS; TIME FACTORS; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ALGAE;

EID: 84873204082     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2012.11.030     Document Type: Article

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