Bioaccumulation and physiological changes in Hydrilla verticillata (l.f.) royle in response to mercury

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 319-326

  Gupta, M ^a   Chandra, P ^a  

^a CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; CYSTEINE; MERCURY; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PLANT;

CHLOROPHYLL; FRESH WATER; MERCURY; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRATE REDUCTASES; PLANTS; PROTEINS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

HYDRILLA VERTICILLATA; VERTICILLATA;

AQUATIC MACROPHYTE; BIOACCUMULATION; MERCURY; POLLUTION MONITORING;

EID: 0029668256     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900047     Document Type: Article

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