The effects of acrylamide polyelectrolytes on aquatic organisms: Relating toxicity to chain architecture

Chemosphere

Volumn 112, Issue , 2014, Pages 177-184

  Costa, R ^a   Pereira, J L ^b   Gomes, J ^a   Goncalves F ^b   Hunkeler, D ^c   Rasteiro, M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^c Aqua+ Tech   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acrylamide copolymers; Aquatic biota; Biofouling bivalves control; Ecotoxicity; Polyelectrolytes; Polymer chain architecture

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; AMIDES; BIOACTIVITY; BIOFOULING; MICROORGANISMS; MOLLUSCS; PRODUCT DESIGN; RISK MANAGEMENT; TOXICITY;

ACRYLAMIDE COPOLYMERS; AQUATIC BIOTA; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; KEY PERFORMANCE INDEX; POLYMER CHAINS; SYNTHETIC POLYELECTROLYTE;

POLYELECTROLYTES;

ACRYLAMIDE; POLYELECTROLYTE;

AQUATIC ORGANISM; BIOACTIVITY; BIOFOULING; BIVALVE; ELECTROLYTE; MICROALGA; POLYMER; TOXICITY; VISCOSITY;

AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORBICULA; DAPHNIA; DRUG EFFECT; ECOTOXICITY; MICROALGA; NONHUMAN; VISCOSITY;

ACRYLAMIDE COPOLYMERS; AQUATIC BIOTA; BIOFOULING BIVALVES CONTROL; ECOTOXICITY; POLYELECTROLYTES; POLYMER CHAIN ARCHITECTURE;

ACRYLAMIDE; ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIOFOULING; CORBICULA; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ELECTROLYTES; POLYMERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLUBILITY; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84904417385     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.03.096     Document Type: Article

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