Toxicity of uranium and copper individually, and in combination, to a tropical freshwater macrophyte (Lemna aequinoctialis)

Chemosphere

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1224-1233

  Charles, Amanda L ^a,b   Markich, Scott J ^c   Ralph, Peter ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Aquatic Solutions International   (Australia)

Author keywords

Duckweed; EC50; Growth rate; Metal; Speciation; Water quality

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COPPER; ECOSYSTEMS; TOXICITY; TROPICS; WATER QUALITY;

DUCKWEED; EC50; GROWTH RATE; METAL; SPECIATION;

URANIUM;

COPPER; FRESH WATER; URANIUM;

COASTAL ZONES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COPPER; ECOSYSTEMS; TOXICITY; TROPICS; URANIUM; WATER QUALITY;

COPPER; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; MACROPHYTE; MINE WASTE; TOXICITY; URANIUM;

AQUATIC FLORA; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH PERIOD; GROWTH RATE; MACROPHYTE; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT GROWTH; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER QUALITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

LEMNA; LEMNA AEQUINOCTIALIS;

EID: 32544445288     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.04.089     Document Type: Article

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