Bioconcentration of inorganic and organic thallium by freshwater phytoplankton

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 968-973

  Twiss, Michael R ^a,c   Twining, Benjamin S ^b   Fisher, Nicholas S ^b  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; Bioaccumulation; Diatoms; Dimethylthallium; Thallium

Indexed keywords

PLANTS (BOTANY); THALLIUM; TOXICITY; WATER QUALITY;

CHLOROPHYTES;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

DIMETHYLTHALLIUM; FRESH WATER; INORGANIC COMPOUND; LAKE WATER; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POTASSIUM; THALLIUM; TRACE METAL; TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALGA; BIOACCUMULATION; DIATOM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; THALLIUM; WATER QUALITY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHLORELLA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIATOM; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; INTERNALIZATION; ISOTOPE LABELING; LAKE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEPHANODISCUS HANTZSCHII; TECHNIQUE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

CHLORELLA; DIATOMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREAT LAKES REGION; PHYTOPLANKTON; THALLIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE ERIE; LAKE SUPERIOR; NORTH AMERICA;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; CHLORELLA SP.; CHLOROPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; STEPHANODISCUS; STEPHANODISCUS HANTZSCHII;

EID: 1042297223     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/02-643     Document Type: Article

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