title: First toxicity data of chlorophenols on marine alga Dunaliella tertiolecta: correlation of marine algal toxicity with hydrophobicity and interspecies toxicity relationships.
abstract: The toxicity of phenol and 13 chlorinated phenols to the marine alga Dunaliella tertiolecta is presented for the first time. The newly generated marine algal toxicity data was found to correlate strongly with the widely used hydrophobicity parameter-the logarithm of the n-octanol-water partition coefficient (log K(OW)). Interspecies relationships using the new marine algal toxicity data of chlorophenols with the previously published data on bacterium (Vibrio fischeri), protozoan (Tetrahymena pyriformis), daphnid (Daphnia magna), freshwater alga (Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata), and fish (Pimephales promelas) revealed promising results that could be exploited in extrapolations using freshwater data to predict marine algal toxicity.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Environmental Sciences, Bogazici University, Bebek, Istanbul, Turkey. doga.erturk@boun.edu.tr
authors.forename: M Doğa
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Ertürk
authors.forename: Melek Türker
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Saçan
mesh_terms: D020003:1-Octanol / Q000737:chemistry; D048908:Aliivibrio fischeri / Q000187:drug effects; D000818:Animals; D002733:Chlorophenols / Q000633:toxicity*; D000460:Chlorophyta / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development; D003530:Cyprinidae; D003621:Daphnia / Q000187:drug effects; D057927:Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions; D020128:Inhibitory Concentration 50; D019055:No-Observed-Adverse-Effect Level; D012623:Seawater; D013769:Tetrahymena pyriformis / Q000187:drug effects; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000633:toxicity*
chemical_list: D002733:Chlorophenols; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D014867:Water; D020003:1-Octanol