Metal and phytochelatin content in phytoplankton from freshwater lakes with different metal concentrations

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2444-2452

  Knauer, Katja ^a,c   Ahner, Beth ^b   Xue, Han Bin ^a   Sigg, Laura ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bioindicator; Freshwater phytoplankton; Phytochelatin; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; CADMIUM; COPPER; FRESH WATER; LAKE WATER; MANGANESE; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

ALGA; ARTICLE; DETOXIFICATION; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWITZERLAND; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

ALGAE; DESMODESMUS SUBSPICATUS; EUKARYOTA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; SCENEDESMUS;

EID: 0031791342     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620171210     Document Type: Article

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