Inhibition of photosystem II (PSII) electron transport as a convenient endpoint to assess stress of the herbicide linuron on freshwater plants

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 113-123

  Snel, Jan F H ^a   Vos, José H ^a   Gylstra, Ronald ^a   Brock, Theo C M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll fluorescence; Microcosm; Phenylurea herbicide; Photosynthetic electron flow; Single species test; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; HERBICIDE; MACROPHYTE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLLUTION EFFECT;

CERATOPHYLLUM DEMERSUM; CHARA GLOBULARIS; ELODEA NUTTALLII; MYRIOPHYLLUM SPICATUM; POTAMOGETON CRISPUS; RANUNCULUS CIRCINATUS; SCENEDESMUS ACUTUS; SPIROGYRA;

EID: 0032471324     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009971930626     Document Type: Article

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