Toxicity of inorganic and methylated arsenic to algal communities from lakes along an arsenic contamination gradient

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 46, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 221-230

  Knauer, Katja ^a   Behra, Renata ^b   Hemond, Harry ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Algae; Arsenic species; Photosynthesis; Tolerance; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC ACID; ARSENIC DERIVATIVE; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; CACODYLIC ACID; METHANEARSONIC ACID; ORGANOARSENIC DERIVATIVE;

ALGAL COMMUNITY; ARSENATE; ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; POLLUTION; TOXICITY;

ALGA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LAKE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER POLLUTION;

UNITED STATES;

ALGAE;

EID: 0032809394     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-445X(98)00131-3     Document Type: Article

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