Toxicity of leachate from weathering plastics: An exploratory screening study with Nitocra spinipes

Chemosphere

Volumn 132, Issue , 2015, Pages 114-119

  Bejgarn, Sofia ^a   MacLeod, Matthew ^a   Bogdal, Christian ^a,b   Breitholtz, Magnus ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Leachate; Marine; Microplastic; Nitocra spinipes; Plastic litter; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ELASTOMERS; IRRADIATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROPLASTIC; PHOTODEGRADATION; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; TOXICITY; WEATHERING;

ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS; FRESHWATER SPECIES; HARPACTICOID COPEPODS; LEACHATES; MARINE; NITOCRA SPINIPES; POLYMER BACKBONES; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE (PVC);

POLYVINYL CHLORIDES;

PLASTIC; POLYMER; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; WATER POLLUTANT;

AQUATIC ORGANISM; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CHLORIDE; CRUSTACEAN; IRRADIATION; LEACHATE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PLASTIC; POLYMER; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSTACEA; DEGRADATION; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; IRRADIATION; LEACHING; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITOCRA SPINIPES; NONHUMAN; SCREENING; SUNLIGHT; TIME; WEATHERING; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; COPEPOD; DRUG EFFECTS; ECOTOXICOLOGY; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; HARPACTICOIDA; NITOCRA SPINIPES;

ANIMALS; COPEPODA; ECOTOXICOLOGY; PLASTICS; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84929172810     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.03.010     Document Type: Article

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