Effect of the nitrogen status on copper accumulation and pools of metal- binding peptides in the planktonic diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 187-209

  Rijstenbil, J W ^a   Dehairs, F ^b   Ehrlich, R ^a   Wijnholds, J A ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

C:N ratio; Copper; Detoxification; Diatom; Gluthione; Phytochelatin

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; MANGANESE; NITROGEN; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; COPPER; DIATOM; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER METABOLISM; DIATOM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METAL BINDING; NITROGEN BALANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

NETHERLANDS;

THALASSIOSIRA PSEUDONANA;

EID: 0031836881     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-445X(97)00091-X     Document Type: Article

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