A simple hydrophobicity-based approach to predict the toxicity of unknown organic micropollutant mixtures in marine water

• Published in: Marine pollution bulletin Vol. 50; no. 6; pp. 617 - 623
• Main Authors: Lin, Zhifen, Zhong, Ping, Niu, Xiaojun, Yin, Kedong, Yu, Hongxia, Du, Jianwei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.06.2005; Elsevier
• Subjects: Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Applied ecology; Biological and medical sciences; Ecotoxicology, biological effects of pollution; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions; Hydrophobicity; Marine; Marine and brackish environment; Marine organic micropollutant; Mixture toxicity; Organic Chemicals - analysis; Organic Chemicals - toxicity; Photobacterium - drug effects; Photobacterium phosphoreum; Predictive Value of Tests; Seawater - analysis; Toxicity Tests - methods; Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis; Photobacterium phosphoreum; Hydrophobicity; Mixture toxicity; Marine organic micropollutant; Marine environment; Pollutant; Ecotoxicology; Toxicity; Micropollutant; Water pollution; Toxic association; Photoharlerium phosphoreum

In this study, we propose a simple hydrophobicity-based approach to predict the toxicity of mixtures of marine organic micropollutants. Fifty mixtures were chosen, comprising individual chemicals randomly chosen from three halogenated benzenes, three phenols, two petroleum hydrocarbons, three polych...