Effects of a chronic lower range of triclosan exposure on a stream mesocosm community

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2874-2887

  Nietch, Christopher T ^a   Quinlan, Erin L ^b   Lazorchak, James M ^a   Impellitteri, Christopher A ^a   Raikow, David ^c   Walters, David ^d  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA GWINNETT COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Community level; Mesocosm; Stream periphyton; Triclosan

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCES; COMMUNITY-LEVEL; MESOCOSMS; PERIPHYTONS; TRICLOSAN;

EFFLUENTS;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; TRICLOSAN;

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; BIOTA; MESOCOSM; PERIPHYTON; PHENOL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; STREAM; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

ABIOTIC STRESS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM; BENTHOS; CELL DENSITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLOW KINETICS; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MEASUREMENT; MESOCOSM; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; OSTRACOD; PERIPHYTON; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREAM (RIVER); WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

CYANOBACTERIA; NEMATODA; OSTRACODA;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BACTERIA; CRUSTACEA; ECOSYSTEM; NEMATODA; RIVERS; TRICLOSAN; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84887820819     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.2385     Document Type: Article

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