Toxicity of the herbicide Atrazine, two of its degradation products and the herbicide metolachlor on photosynthetic microorganisms

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 6, Issue 9-10, 1997, Pages 502-507

  Anna, Kotrikla ^a   Themistoklis, Lekkas ^a   Georgia, Bletsa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Algae; Atrazine; Bioassays; Degradation products; Metolachlor

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE; GREEN ALGAE; HERBICIDE; METOLACHLOR; TOXICITY;

'CHLORELLA' FUSCA; ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS MOEWSSI; CHLOROPHYTA;

EID: 0030764898     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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