Toxicity of chlorate to marine microalgae

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 213-227

  Stauber, Jennifer L ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Algae; Chlorate; Chlorite; Nitrate; Nitrate reductase; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CHLORATE; CHLORINE DERIVATIVE; NITRATE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; THIOL;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CHLORATE; CHLORINE COMPOUND; MICROALGAE; NITRATE; TOXICITY;

ALGA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIATOM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GREEN ALGA; GROWTH INHIBITION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULP MILL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOXICITY TESTING;

AUSTRALIA;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CLOSTERIUM; DUNALIELLA; DUNALIELLA TERTIOLECTA; EMBRYOPHYTA; INVERTEBRATA; NITZSCHIA; NITZSCHIA CLOSTERIUM;

EID: 0032522866     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-445X(97)00087-8     Document Type: Article

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