Response of saltmarsh fungi to the presence of mercury and polychlorinated biphenyls at a Superfund site

Mycologia

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 777-784

  Newell, Steven Y ^a   Wall, V Dan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascospore expulsion rate; Fungal biomass; LCP Chemical; Methylmercury; Phaeosphaeria spartinicola; Spartina alterniflora

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ERGOSTEROL; FUNGAL GROWTH; MERCURY; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NITROGEN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURES; RESISTANCE MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

FUNGUS; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PCB; POLLUTION EFFECT; SALTMARSH;

BRUNSWICK; GEORGIA; UNITED STATES;

PHAEOSPHAERIA HALIMA; PHAEOSPHAERIA SPARTINICOLA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 0031786124     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3761318     Document Type: Article

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