Effect of mercury on the growth of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 828-833

  Weiss Magasic, C ^a   Lustigman, B ^a   Lee, L H ^a  

^a MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; MERCURY CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH; NONHUMAN; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TURBIDITY;

ANIMALS; CHLAMYDOMONAS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MERCURY;

GREEN ALGAE; GROWTH; MERCURY;

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYTA;

EID: 0030609783     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900556     Document Type: Article

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