Table 1.

Anthracene toxicity data for freshwater microalgae.

Tested taxa	Criterion	Test period	Effect (mg L−1)	Reference
Chlamydomonas angulosa	Photosynthesis	3 h	0.54, EC50	42
Chlorella vulgaris	Photosynthesis	3 h	0.24, EC50
Selenastrum capricornutum	Growth	96 h	>40, EC50	63
Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata	Growth	34 h	0.037, EC50	1  *
P. subcapitata	Primary production	36 h	0.024, EC50
Chlorella protothecoides	Growth	96 h	0.85, EC50	64
Natural Phytoplankton	Fv/Fm	30 min	<0.2, EC50	10
Chlorella vulgaris	Growth	96 h	1.27, EC50	10
Coenochloris pyrenoidosa	Growth	96 h	1.47, EC50	10
Scenedesmus subspicatus	Growth, area under curve	7 d	1.04, EC50	65
S. armatus	Population density	24 h	0.25, EC50	32
S. vacuolatus	Population density	24 h	0.5, EC50	11
Scenedesmus spp.	Growth	24 h	0.25, significant reduction	66
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii	Population density	24 h	0.28, EC50	38
Desmodesmus subspicatus	Growth	72 h	0.26, EC50	67
Microcystis aeruginosa	Growth	72 h	>0.06, significant reduction	68
Anabaena fertilissima	Growth	8 d	5.0, EC50	62

^*Under UV-A radiation (12.5 Wm⁻²).