Comparative sensitivity of Selenastrum capricornutum and Lemna minor to sixteen herbicides

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 353-357

  Fairchild, J F ^a   Ruessler, D S ^a   Haverland, P S ^a   Carlson, A R ^a,b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; ALACHLOR; ATRAZINE; CHLORSULFURON; CYANAZINE; DICAMBA; DIQUAT; HERBICIDE; METOLACHLOR; PARAQUAT; SIMAZINE; TRIALLATE;

ALGA; AQUATIC FLORA; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SENSIBILITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ALGAE, GREEN; HERBICIDES; PLANTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ALGAE; LEMNA; LEMNA MINOR; MYRIOPHYLLUM; SELENASTRUM; SELENASTRUM CAPRICORNUTUM; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0030753684     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002449900196     Document Type: Article

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