New method for toxicity assessment in marine and brackish environments using the macroalga Gracilaria tenuistipitata (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 326-327, Issue , 1996, Pages 317-325

  Haglund, Kurt ^a   Björklund, Marie ^a   Gunnare, Sara ^a   Sandberg, Anneli ^a   Olander, Ulf ^a   Pedersén, Marianne ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

biotest; brackish; Gracilaria; growth inhibition; marine; photosynthesis; Rhodophyta; seaweed; toxicity

Indexed keywords

GRACILARIA TENUISTIPITATA; ALGAE; GRACILARIA; GRACILARIALES; RHODOPHYTA;

BIOTESTING; GROWTH INHIBITION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; TOXICITY; TOXICITY ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0029662844     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00047825     Document Type: Conference Paper

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