Uptake and bioconcentration of atrazine by selected freshwater algae

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1085-1090

  Tang, Jixin ^a   Hoagland, Kyle D ^b   Siegfried, Blair D ^a,c  

^a 202 Plant Industry Building ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c University of Nebraska Lincoln Agricultural Research Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrazine; Bioconcentration; Cell size; Freshwater algae

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE; CHLOROPHYLL; PESTICIDE;

ALGAE; ATRAZINE; DIATOM; HERBICIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CELL DENSITY; CELL LEVEL; CELL SIZE; CELL VOLUME; DIATOM; GREEN ALGA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0031750121     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1998)017<1085:UABOAB>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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