Acute toxicity of aromatic and non-aromatic fractions of naphthenic acids extracted from oil sands process-affected water to larval zebrafish

Chemosphere

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 415-420

  Scarlett, A G ^a   Reinardy, H C ^a,d   Henry, T B ^a,b,e   West, C E ^a   Frank, R A ^c   Hewitt, L M ^c   Rowland, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Bermuda)

^e HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Danio rerio; Naphthenic acid; Oil sand; Surfactant; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIZATION; ESTERS; FISH; MIXTURES; NAPHTHAS; OIL SANDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; OZONE WATER TREATMENT; OZONIZATION; PHASE SEPARATION; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TOXICITY;

ACUTE TOXICITY; DANIO RERIO; DEHYDROABIETIC ACID; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; NAPHTHENIC ACID; OIL SANDS PROCESS-AFFECTED WATERS; SOLID-PHASE EXTRACTION; ZEBRAFISH;

EXTRACTION;

ADAMANTANE; AROMATIC CARBOXYLIC ACID; CARBOXYLIC ACID; DIAMANTANE CARBOXYLIC ACID; MONOAROMATIC DEHYDROABIETIC ACID; NAPHTHENIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

CARBOXYLIC ACID; FISH; OIL SAND; REMEDIATION; SURFACTANT; TOXICITY; WATER;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DEMETHYLATION; ESTERIFICATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LARVA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OIL SAND; SAND; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TOXICITY TESTING; ZEBRA FISH;

DANIO RERIO;

ACUTE TOXICITY; DANIO RERIO; NAPHTHENIC ACID; OIL SAND; SURFACTANT; ZEBRAFISH;

ACETATES; ANIMALS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; ESTERIFICATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LARVA; PETROLEUM; SILICON DIOXIDE; TOXICITY TESTS, ACUTE; WATER; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84883051268     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.05.020     Document Type: Article

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