1. Use of a novel laboratory stream system to study the ecological impact of PCB exposure in a periphytic biolayer

Water Research

Volumn 33, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 3735-3748

  Kostel, Jill A ^a   Wang, Hong ^b   St Amand, Ann L ^c   Gray, Kimberly A ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b Centeon   (United States)

^c PhycoTech Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Community structure; Laboratory streams; Natural substrate; Periphyton; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; BIOMASS; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEDIMENTS; SUBSTRATES;

HYDROPHOBIC ORGANIC CHEMICAL; PERIPHYTON;

WATER POLLUTION;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOFILM; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; LABORATORY METHOD; PCB; PERIPHYTON; POLLUTION MONITORING;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIOMASS; CONTAMINATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; LABORATORY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 0033486480     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(99)00125-6     Document Type: Article

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