Resistance, accumulation and allocation of zinc in two ecotypes of the green alga Stigeoclonium tenue Kütz. coming from habitats of different heavy metal concentrations

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 189-198

  Pawlik Skowrońska, Barbara ^a  

^a POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Algae; Pb; Stigeoclonium tenue; Tolerance; Vacuole; Zn

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ECOTYPE; GREEN ALGA; TOLERANCE; WATER POLLUTION; ZINC;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; STIGEOCLONIUM TENUE;

EID: 0037371015     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3770(02)00175-4     Document Type: Article

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