Toxicity of nickel, zinc, and cadmium to nitrate uptake in free and immobilized cells of Scenedesmus quadricauda

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 268-272

  Awasthi, Mamta ^a   Rai, Lal Chand ^b  

^a RAJIV GANDHI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Heavy metal; Immobilized; Nitrate uptake; Scenedesmus quadricauda

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; NICKEL; NITRATE; ZINC;

CADMIUM; NICKEL; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; TOXICITY; ZINC;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; IMMOBILIZED CELL; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; SCENEDESMUS; SCENEDESMUS QUADRICAUDA;

CADMIUM; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; METALS, HEAVY; NICKEL; NITRATES; SCENEDESMUS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZINC;

ALGAE; SCENEDESMUS QUADRICAUDA;

EID: 18844384384     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2004.12.018     Document Type: Article

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