Environmental relevance of heavy metal-substituted chlorophylls using the example of water plants

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 47, Issue 295, 1996, Pages 259-266

  Küpper, Hendrik ^a   Küpper, Frithjof ^a   Spiller, Martin ^a  

^a NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antenna pigments; Copper; Heavy metal chlorophylls; Submersed water plants; Zinc

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030019559     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/47.2.259     Document Type: Article

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