Impact of heavy metals and PCBs on marine picoplankton

Environmental Toxicology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 541-551

  Caroppo, Carmela ^a   Stabili, Loredana ^a   Aresta, Michele ^b   Corinaldesi, Cinzia ^c   Danovaro, Roberto ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bacterial C production; Heavy metals; Pb; PCBs; Picoplankton; Zn

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; GROWTH KINETICS; MARINE ENGINEERING; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

BACTERIAL C PRODUCTION; COASTAL MARINE SYSTEMS; HETEROTROPHIC GROWTH; MARINE ENVIRONMENTS; PICOPLANKTON;

HEAVY METALS;

AROCLOR 1260; CARBON; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SEA WATER; ZINC;

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; GROWTH RESPONSE; HEAVY METAL; PCB; PICOPLANKTON; POLLUTION EFFECT;

ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; BIOMASS; CELL SIZE; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HETEROTROPHY; NONHUMAN; PICOPLANKTON; PLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA POLLUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIOMASS; CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; LEAD; METALS, HEAVY; PLANKTON; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEAWATER; ZINC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33751225095     PISSN: 15204081     EISSN: 15227278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tox.20215     Document Type: Article

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