Use of microbenthic algal communities in ecotoxicological tests for the assessment of water quality: The Ter river case study

Journal of Applied Phycology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 41-48

  Navarro, Enrique ^a   Guasch, Helena ^a   Sabater, Sergi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atrazine; Copper; Cyanobacteria; Diatoms; Ecotoxicity; Environmental assessment; Fluorescence; Green algae; Mediterranean; Photosynthesis; River

Indexed keywords

ALGAL COMMUNITY; ATRAZINE; COPPER; ECOTOXICOLOGY; RIVER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

SPAIN;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 0036091245     PISSN: 09218971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015242301451     Document Type: Article

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