Some aspects of water quality in a polluted lowland river in relation to the intracellular chemical levels in planktonic and epilithic diatoms

Water Research

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1779-1790

  Tien, Chien Jung ^a  

^a CHUNG HWA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Concentration factors; Correlation; Diatoms; Elemental concentration; Heavy metals

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; COPPER; CORRELATION METHODS; LEAD; PHOSPHORUS; RIVERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER POLLUTION; X RAY ANALYSIS;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES; DIATOMS;

WATER QUALITY;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; RIVER WATER;

DIATOM; HEAVY METAL; PLANKTON; RIVER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ALGA; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIATOM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TAIWAN; TROPHIC LEVEL; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER CONTENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; WATER QUALITY; X RAY MICROANALYSIS;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 1542408544     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2003.12.043     Document Type: Article

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