Effects of removing symbiotic green algae on the response of Hydra viridissima (Pallas 1776) to metals

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 301-305

  Karntanut, W ^a   Pascoe, D ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aposymbiosis; Cadmium; Copper; Green algae; Hydra viridissima; Symbiosis; Toxicity; Zinc

Indexed keywords

COPPER; METAL;

HEAVY METAL; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLYP; TOXICITY TEST;

ARTICLE; COELENTERATE; ECOTOXICITY; ENDODERM; GREEN ALGA; NONHUMAN; SURVIVAL; SYMBIOSIS; TOXICITY TESTING;

ALGAE, GREEN; ANIMALS; CADMIUM; COPPER; HYDRA; LETHAL DOSE 50; SYMBIOSIS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZINC;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; CHLOROPHYTA; HYDRA; HYDRA VIRIDIS;

EID: 10044289182     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2004.04.001     Document Type: Article

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