Thiol and metal contents in periphyton exposed to elevated copper and zinc concentrations: A field and microcosm study

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 8099-8107

  Le Faucheur, Séverine ^a   Behra, Renata ^a   Sigg, Laura ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CELLS; CHELATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COPPER; POLYPEPTIDES; WATER POLLUTION; ZINC;

CONCENTRATION VARIATIONS; INTRACELLULAR THIOL CONTENT; METAL-BINDING POLYPEPTIDES; PERIPHYTON;

ALGAE;

CADMIUM; COPPER; FRESH WATER; GAMMA GLUTAMYLCYSTEINE; GLUTATHIONE; METAL; ORGANIC CARBON; PHYTOCHELATIN; RIVER WATER; THIOL DERIVATIVE; ZINC;

HEAVY METAL; PERIPHYTON; TOXICITY;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FUNGUS; NONHUMAN; PERIPHYTON; PLANT; SEDIMENT; SWITZERLAND; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

ALGAE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GLUTATHIONE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METALS, HEAVY; RAIN; RIVERS; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; SWITZERLAND;

ALGAE; FUNGI;

EID: 26944475534     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es050303z     Document Type: Article

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