On the way to cyanobacterial blooms: Impact of the herbicide metribuzin on the competition between a green alga (Scenedesmus) and a cyanobacterium (Microcystis)

Chemosphere

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 618-626

  Lürling, Miquel ^a   Roessink, Ivo ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Algal toxicity testing; Growth inhibition; Photosynthesis; Plankton interactions; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACTERIA; COMPOSITION; HERBICIDES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; WATER QUALITY;

ALGAL TOXICITY TESTING; GROWTH INHIBITION; PLANKTONS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

HERBICIDE; METRIBUZIN;

ALGAE; BACTERIA; COMPOSITION; HERBICIDES; MICROBIOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; WATER QUALITY;

ALGAL BLOOM; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CYANOBACTERIUM; GREEN ALGA; HERBICIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOUNDER EFFECT; GROWTH INHIBITION; HYPOTHESIS; INOCULATION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SCENEDESMUS; TOXICITY TESTING;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; SCENEDESMUS; SCENEDESMUS OBLIQUUS;

EID: 33748033041     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.01.073     Document Type: Article

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