Metal toxicity inferred from algal population density, heterotrophic substrate use, and fatty acid profile in a small stream

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 19, Issue 4 I, 2000, Pages 869-878

  Genter, Robert B ^a   Lehman, R Michael ^b  

^a LYNDON STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; Bacteria; Carbon source use; Fatty acids; Metals

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; FRESH WATER; METAL;

BIOMONITORING; HEAVY METAL; TOXICITY;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONTAMINATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMY; WATER SAMPLING;

IDAHO; LEMHI COUNTY; UNITED STATES;

ACHNANTHIDIUM MINUTISSIMUM; ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; UNCULTURED CYANOBACTERIUM;

EID: 0034022937     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620190413     Document Type: Article

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