Differences in the sensitivity of benthic microalgae to Zn and Cd regarding biofilm development and exposure history

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1332-1339

  Ivorra, Núria ^a   Bremer, Simone ^a   Guasch, Helena ^b   Kraak, Michiel H S ^a   Admiraal, Wim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Biomass; Diatoms; Metals; Pulse amplitude fluorometry

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CARBOHYDRATE; CHLOROPHYLL A; ZINC;

BIOFILM; CADMIUM; MICROALGA; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; VULNERABILITY; ZINC;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOFILM; DIATOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY TESTING;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 0034018162     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620190516     Document Type: Article

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