Mechanisms of photoinduced toxicity of photomodified anthracene to plants: Inhibition of photosynthesis in the aquatic higher plant Lemna gibba (duckweed)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1707-1715

  Huang, Xiao Dong ^a   Mcconkey, Brendan J ^a   Babu, T Sudhakar ^a   Greenberg, Bruce M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll fluorescence Bioindicator; Electron transport; Phytotoxicology; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon photooxidation

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACENE DERIVATIVE; CHLOROPHYLL A; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AQUATIC FLORA; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HIGHER PLANT; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM I; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PHOTOTOXICITY; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

EMBRYOPHYTA; LEMNA; LEMNA GIBBA;

EID: 0030807493     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1997)016<1707:MOPTOP>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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