Light history influences the sensitivity to atrazine in periphytic algae

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 233-241

  Guasch, Helena ^a   Sabater, Sergi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atrazine toxicity; Concentration response curves; Lotic system; Periphyton; Photosynthesis irradiance (P I) curves; Photosynthetic pigments

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; LIGHT HISTORY; PERIPHYTON;

EID: 0031981775     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.1998.340233.x     Document Type: Article

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