Toxicity of Single and Combinations of Lead and Cadmium to the Cyanobacteria Anabaena flos-aquae

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 373-379

  Heng, L Y ^a   Jusoh, K ^a   Mui Ling, C H ^a   Idris, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; LEAD;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANABAENA; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROWTH INHIBITION; HEAVY METAL POISONING; LEAD POISONING; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; TOXICITY;

ANABAENA; CADMIUM; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LEAD; WATER POLLUTANTS;

ANABAENA; ANABAENA FLOS-AQUAE; CYANOBACTERIA; FLOS;

EID: 0842305837     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-003-8923-9     Document Type: Article

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