Determination of short-term copper toxicity in a multispecies microalgal population using flow cytometry

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-56

  Yu, Yang ^a,b   Kong, Fanxiang ^b   Wang, Meilin ^a   Qian, Leilei ^a   Shi, Xiaoli ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Algal algal interactions; Copper; Flow cytometry; Multispecies microalgal population; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ACETOACETIC ACID; CHLOROPHYLL A; COPPER; ESTERASE; FLUORESCEIN DIACETATE; FRESH WATER; PHYCOCYANIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

BIOASSAY; COPPER; ENZYME; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; MICROALGA; TOXICITY;

ALGA; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; BIOASSAY; CELL DENSITY; CELL SURFACE; CHLORELLA; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEAVY METAL POISONING; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; SCENEDESMUS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPARISON; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CHLORELLA; COPPER; ESTERASES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; MICROCYSTIS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SCENEDESMUS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ALGAE; CHLORELLA PYRENOIDOSA; MICROCYSTIS; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; SCENEDESMUS OBLIQUUS;

EID: 33845982952     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2005.10.014     Document Type: Article

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