Estuarine phytoplankton group-specific responses to sublethal concentrations of the agricultural herbicide, atrazine

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1109-1116

  Pinckney, James L ^a   Örnólfsdóttir, Erla B ^a   Lumsden, S Elizabeth ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Atrazine; Estuary; Gulf of Mexico; Herbicide; Nutrient; Phytoplankton; Texas

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIOASSAY; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESTUARIES; HERBICIDES; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NITRATES; PIGMENTS;

PHYTOPLANKTONS;

MARINE POLLUTION;

ATRAZINE; NITRATE; PIGMENT; WATER;

ATRAZINE; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; PHYTOPLANKTON; SUBLETHAL EFFECT;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; ESTUARY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LETHALITY; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; UNITED STATES; WATER SAMPLING;

ATRAZINE; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BIOMASS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; HERBICIDES; NITRATES; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; PRASINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 0036804010     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(02)00165-0     Document Type: Article

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