Effects on motile factors and cell growth of Euglena gracilis after exposure to wood ash solution; assessment of toxicity, nutrient availability and pH-dependency

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 162, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 353-368

  Aronsson, K Andreas ^a   Ekelund, Nils G A ^a  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alkaline; Euglena gracilis; Gravitaxis; Motility; Nutrients; pH; Toxicity; Wood ash

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; CELLS; PH EFFECTS; SOILS; SOLUTIONS; SURFACE WATERS; TOXICITY; WOOD;

ACIDIFIED SOILS; AQUATIC SYSTEMS; EUGLENA GRACILIS; WOOD ASH APPLICATION (WAA);

PLANTS (BOTANY);

FRESH WATER;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; FOREST SOIL; MOTILITY; TOXICITY TEST; WOOD ASH;

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL MOTILITY; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EUGLENA GRACILIS; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; NUTRIENT; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PH MEASUREMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TOXICITY; TOXICOKINETICS; WOOD ASH;

ACIDITY; CELLS; PH; PLANTS; SURFACE WATER; TOXICITY; WOOD;

EUGLENA GRACILIS;

EID: 21344446094     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-005-7250-7     Document Type: Article

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