Effects of phenanthrene on Lemna minor in a sediment-water system and the impacts of UVB

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 343-348

  Becker, Anna M ^a   Heise, Susanne ^a   Ahlf, Wolfgang ^a  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lemna minor; PAH; Phenanthrene; Phototoxicity; Sediment; UVB

Indexed keywords

PHENANTHRENE DERIVATIVE;

AQUATIC PLANT; PHENANTHRENE; TOXICITY; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

AQUATIC FLORA; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; DESORPTION; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; EVALUATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; LEMNA MINOR; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSENSITIZATION; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ARACEAE; BIOMASS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMANS; PHENANTHRENES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

LEMNA; LEMNA MINOR;

EID: 0036810335     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020505321645     Document Type: Article

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