Phytoplanktonic associations as indicators of zinc pollution;Associations phytoplanctoniques indicatrices de la pollution par le zine

Revue des Sciences de l'Eau

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 315-332

  Loez, C R ^a,b   Salibian, A ^a,c   Topalian, M L ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE CIENCIAS BÁSICAS   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c Universidad Provincial del Sudoeste   (Argentina)

Author keywords

dissolved heavy metals; Freshwater; Multispecific algal bioassay; Phytoplankton; Pollution; Reconquista River (Argentina); South America; Zinc

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLLUTION MONITORING; ZINC;

ALGAE; CLIMATE CHANGE; POLLUTION; ZINC;

CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CHRYSOPHYCEAE; CYANOPHYCEAE; DINOPHYCEAE; EUGLENOPHYCEAE; PHYTOPLANKTONIC ASSOCIATIONS; TRIBOPHYCEAE; ZINC POLLUTION; ZYGOPHYCEAE;

BIOASSAY;

EID: 0032294701     PISSN: 09927158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7202/705309ar     Document Type: Article

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