Toxicity assessment of perfluorinated carboxylic acids (PFCAs) towards the rotifer Brachionus calyciflorus

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 491-492, Issue , 2014, Pages 266-270

  Wang, Yujuan ^a   Niu, Junfeng ^a   Zhang, Lilan ^a   Shi, Jianghong ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Perfluorinated carboxylic acids (PFCAs); Population growth; Rotifers; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHAIN LENGTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT; MEDIAN LETHAL CONCENTRATION; MORPHOLOGICAL EFFECTS; PERFLUORINATED CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; PERFLUOROPROPIONIC ACIDS; POPULATION GROWTH; ROTIFERS; TOXICITY ASSESSMENT; BRACHIONUS;

POPULATION STATISTICS; TOXICITY;

CARBOXYLIC ACID; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROBUTANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROHEXANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROPROPRIONIC ACID; PERFLUROPENTANOIC ACID; SHORT CHAIN PERFLUORINATED CARBOXYLIC ACID; TRIFLUOROACETIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FLUOROCARBON; WATER POLLUTANT; PERFLUOPENTANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROPROPIONIC ACID;

ACETIC ACID; BODY SIZE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EGG SIZE; MORPHOLOGY; POPULATION GROWTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY; MICROORGANISM;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BRACHIONUS CALYCIFLORUS; CARBON CHAIN LENGTH; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHRONIC TOXICITY; COMPARATIVE TOXICOLOGY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM MONITORING; EGG SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; FRESHWATER SPECIES; LC 50; MICTIC RATIO; MORPHOLOGY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATE OF POPULATION INCREASE; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; ROTIFERA; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; ANIMAL; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER POLLUTANT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BODY GROWTH; CARBON DYNAMICS; CARBONYLATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BRACHIONUS CALYCIFLORUS; ROTIFERA;

ANIMALS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; FLUOROCARBONS; ROTIFERA; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84903550771     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.02.028     Document Type: Article

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