Bioaccumulation and toxicity of mercury in rooted-submerged macrophyte Vallisneria spiralis

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 103, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 327-332

  Gupta, M ^a   Chandra, P ^a  

^a CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Aaccumulation; Cysteine; Mercury; Toxicity; Vallisneria spiralis

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; CYSTEINE; MERCURY; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PROTEIN;

AQUATIC FLORA; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; TIME; WATER POLLUTION;

VALLISNERIA SPIRALIS;

EID: 0032213371     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(98)00102-X     Document Type: Article

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