Influence of growth conditions on the results obtained in algal toxicity tests

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1091-1098

  Mayer, Philipp ^a,c   Frickmann, Jesper ^a   Christensen, Erik R ^b   Nyholm, Niels ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b University of Wisconsin Milwaukee   (United States)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Algal toxicity test; Light intensity; Nitrogen source; Temperature pH

Indexed keywords

3,4 DICHLOROANILINE; 3,5 DICHLOROPHENOL; ANILINE DERIVATIVE; ATRAZINE; DICHROMATE POTASSIUM; GROWTH FACTOR; NITROGEN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GREEN ALGAE; GROWTH CONDITIONS; TOXICITY TEST;

ALGA; ARTICLE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; GROWTH INHIBITION; GROWTH RATE; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; PH; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TESTING;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; SELENASTRUM CAPRICORNUTUM;

EID: 0031802141     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1998)017<1091:IOGCOT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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