Copper tolerance and accumulation potential of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 546-553

  Boswell, C ^a   Sharma, N C ^b   Sahi, S V ^a  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Sardar Bhagwan Singh Post Gratudate Institute of Biomedical Sciences & Research   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; COPPER SULFATE;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; DRUG TOLERABILITY; GROWTH RATE; NONHUMAN; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER POLLUTION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; COPPER; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS;

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0346666765     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-002-0096-4     Document Type: Article

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