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dc.contributor.authorLin, Zhifen
dc.contributor.authorZhong, Ping
dc.contributor.authorNiu, Xiaojun
dc.contributor.authorYin, Kedong
dc.contributor.authorYu, Hongxia
dc.contributor.authorDu, Jianwei
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:19:53Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:19:53Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.date.modified2008-12-15T06:20:50Z
dc.identifier.issn0025326X
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.marpolbul.2005.01.004
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/20871
dc.description.abstractIn 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 polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), four organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and two herbicides, with the intention of simulating the mixtures of organic micropollutants that may exist in some marine waters. The hydrophobicity of the mixtures was quantified by measuring the C18-EmporeTM disk/water partition coefficients (KMD). A KMD-based approach was proposed to describe their toxicity to Photobacterium phosphoreum, and the application of this approach to another 10 related mixtures proved its predictive capability, as indicated by the consistency between the predicted and observed toxicities (r2 = 0.905, SE = 0.101, and F = 76.325 at P < 0.001). This predictive capability convinces us that the KMD-based approach provides a general approach to predicting the toxicity of mixtures of organic micropollutants in marine water.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.publisher.placeUK
dc.publisher.urihttp://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/400/description#description
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom617
dc.relation.ispartofpageto623
dc.relation.ispartofissue6
dc.relation.ispartofjournalMarine Pollution Bulletin
dc.relation.ispartofvolume50
dc.rights.retentionN
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode300889
dc.titleA simple hydrophobicity-based approach to predict the toxicity of unknown organic micropollutant mixtures in marine water
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2005
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorYin, Kedong


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