Toxicity of cyanide and cyanide complexes to the marine diatom Nitzschia closterium

Water Research

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2435-2442

  Pablo, F ^a   Stauber, J L ^b   Buckney, R T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cyanide; Growth inhibition; Iron cyanide complex; Marine diatoms; Nitzschia closterium

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CELL MEMBRANES; CYANIDES; EFFLUENTS; TOXICITY;

GROWTH INHIBITION; IRON CYANIDE; MARINE DIATOMS; NITZSCHIA CLOSTERIUM; SODIUM CYANIDE;

WATER POLLUTION;

CYANIDE; SODIUM CYANIDE;

CYANIDE; CYANIDES; DIATOM; DIATOMS; IRON CYANIDE; SODIUM CYANIDE; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DIATOM; DISSOCIATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER POLLUTION;

NITZSCHIA CLOSTERIUM;

EID: 0031260278     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(97)00094-8     Document Type: Article

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