Effects of copper on growth rate, cell shape, motility and photosynthesis in the green flagellate Euglena gracilis in a long-term experiment

Biologia

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 413-418

  Danilov, Roman A ^a   Ekelund, Nils G A ^a  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bioassay; Copper; Euglena gracilis; Photosynthesis; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013426353     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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