Chlorophyll a fluorescence as a biomarker for rapid toxicity assessment

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1520-1531

  Bi Fai, Patricia ^a   Grant, Alastair ^a   Reid, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Chlorophyll a fluorescence; Photosynthetic inhibitors; Pulse amplitude modulation; Toxicity identification evaluation

Indexed keywords

PHOTOSYSTEM (PS) II INHIBITORS; PULSE-AMPLITUDE MODULATION (PAM); TOXICITY IDENTIFICATION EVALUATION;

ALGAE; BIOMARKERS; FLUORESCENCE; HERBICIDES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; TOXICITY;

CHLOROPHYLL;

ATRAZINE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHLOROPHYLL A; DIURON; ISOPROTURON; PARAQUAT;

ALGAL COMMUNITY; ATRAZINE; BIOMARKER; CHLOROPHYLL A; FLUORESCENCE; GREEN ALGA; GROWTH RATE; HERBICIDE; INCUBATION; TOXICITY TEST;

ALGA; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GROWTH INHIBITION; IC 50; IN VIVO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; NONPHOTOCHEMICAL QUENCHING; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM YIELD; RELIABILITY; SELENASTRUM CAPRICORNUTUM; TOXICITY TESTING;

CHLOROPHYLL; FLUORESCENCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; TOXICITY TESTS;

ALGAE; SELENASTRUM CAPRICORNUTUM;

EID: 34447536385     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/06-394R1.1     Document Type: Article

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