Creosote toxicity to photosynthesis and plant growth in aquatic microcosms

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1075-1085

  Marwood, Christopher A ^a,b   Bestari, K T Jim ^a   Gensemer, Robert W ^c   Solomon, Keith R ^a   Greenberg, Bruce M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c ENSR Consulting and Engineering Fort Collins   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic plants; Chlorophyll a fluorescence; Microcosms; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons Bioindicator

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; BIOMASS; CHARGE TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE; GROWTH KINETICS; IMPURITIES; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

MICROCOSMS;

TOXICITY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHLOROPHYLL A; CREOSOTE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AQUATIC PLANT; CREOSOTE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; GROWTH; MICROCOSM; PAH; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FLUORESCENCE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; INHIBITION KINETICS; MICROCOSM; NONHUMAN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; CREOSOTE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; QUANTUM THEORY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

MYRIOPHYLLUM; MYRIOPHYLLUM SPICATUM;

EID: 0037403510     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(2003)022<1075:CTTPAP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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