Toxicity of copper, nickel, manganese and cadmium on cyanobacterium Hapalosiphon stuhlmannii

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 107-113

  Angadi, S B ^a   Hiremath, Shaila ^a   Pujari, Shakuntala ^a  

^a GULBARGA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Hapalosiphon stuhlmannii; Heavy metals; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; MANGANESE; NICKEL;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; INDIA; NONHUMAN; TOXICITY TESTING;

HAPALOSIPHON STUHLMANNII;

BLUE-GREEN ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 0029662659     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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