The release of copper-complexing ligands by the brown alga Fucus vesiculosus (Phaeophyceae) in response to increasing total copper levels

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 35, Issue 3 II, 1999, Pages 501-509

  Gledhill, Martha ^a   Nimmo, Malcolm ^a   Hill, Steve J ^a   Brown, Murray T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Copper; Copper complexing ligands; Fucus sp.; Fucus vesiculosus; Phaeophyceae; Toxic response

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; EUKARYOTA; FUCUS; FUCUS VESICULOSUS; PHAEOPHYCEAE;

EID: 0032996278     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.1999.3530501.x     Document Type: Article

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