Toxicity of industrial wastewater to the aquatic plant Lemna minor L.

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2006, Pages 385-390

  Singh, Vivek Kumar ^a   Singh, Jaswant ^a  

^a DR RAM MANOHAR LOHIA AVADH UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aquatic plant; Bioassay; Growth inhibition; Industrial wastewater; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; PROTEIN;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOASSAY; CHLOROPHYLL; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; POLLUTION EFFECT; PROTEIN; TOXICITY;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY WEIGHT; FRESH WEIGHT; GROWTH INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PLANT; POLLUTANT; PROTEIN CONTENT; SEASONAL RAIN FOREST; SEWAGE; TOXICITY; WASTE WATER;

LEMNA MINOR; MIMOSA;

EID: 33646129657     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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