Effects of simulated solar radiation on the bioaccumulation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by the duckweed Lemna gibba

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1739-1748

  Duxbury, Cheryl L ^a   Dixon, D George ^a   Greenberg, Bruce M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assimilation; Lemna; Membrane localization; Photomodification; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACENE DERIVATIVE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; PHENANTHRENE DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AQUATIC FLORA; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DARKNESS; HIGHER PLANT; MICROSOME MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOOXIDATION; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLAR RADIATION; THYLAKOID MEMBRANE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

EMBRYOPHYTA; FORMICIDAE; LEMNA; LEMNA GIBBA;

EID: 0030793529     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1997)016<1739:EOSSRO>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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