Differential toxicity of atrazine to selected freshwater algae

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 631-637

  Tang, J X ^a,b   Hoagland, K D ^a   Siegfried, B D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE; CHLOROPHYLL A;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CELL DENSITY; DIATOM; GREEN ALGA; GROWTH INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOXICITY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

ALGAE; ALGAE, GREEN; ATRAZINE; CHLOROPHYLL; DIATOMS; HERBICIDES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; TIME FACTORS;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA;

EID: 0030767394     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900526     Document Type: Article

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