Chronic toxicity of the veterinary antibiotic florfenicol to Daphnia magna assessed at two temperatures

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1022-1032

  Martins, Alexandra ^a,b   Guimarães, Laura ^b   Guilhermino, Lúcia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Florfenicol; Freshwater ecosystems; Pharmaceuticals; Population effects; Temperature

Indexed keywords

FLORFENICOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BODY GROWTH; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DAPHNIA MAGNA; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TOXICITY TESTING;

FLORFENICOL; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS; PHARMACEUTICALS; POPULATION EFFECTS; TEMPERATURE;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DAPHNIA; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; TEMPERATURE; THIAMPHENICOL; VETERINARY DRUGS;

EID: 84885060786     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: 18727077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2013.09.001     Document Type: Article

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