Effects of copper on wild and tolerant strains of the lichen photobiont Trebouxia erici (chlorophyta) and possible tolerance mechanisms

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 159-167

  Backor M ^a,b   Fahselt, D ^a   Davidson, R D ^a   Wu, C T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE ACETATE; CHLOROPHYLL A; COPPER; OXIDOREDUCTASE; POTASSIUM;

COPPER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROWTH RATE; LICHEN; TOLERANCE;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY MICROANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; GROWTH RATE; HEAVY METAL POISONING; LICHEN; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; X RAY MICROANALYSIS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALGAE, GREEN; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; LICHENS; SYMBIOSIS;

CHLOROPHYTA; FUNGI; TREBOUXIA; TREBOUXIA ERICI;

EID: 17044448482     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-002-0134-6     Document Type: Article

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