Community-level microalgal toxicity assessment by multiwavelength-excitation PAM fluorometry

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-58

  Schmitt Jansen, Mechthild ^a   Altenburger, Rolf ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

14C incorporation; Autotrophic biofilms; Community ecotoxicology; Herbicides; HPLC pigment profiling; Microalgae; Periphyton; Pollution induced community tolerance (PICT); Toxicity assessment

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14; HERBICIDE; ISOPROTURON;

AUTOTROPHY; BIOFILM; CHEMOTAXONOMY; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FLUOROMETRY; HERBICIDE; MICROALGA; PERIPHYTON; PIGMENT; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TEST;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; CHEMOTAXONOMY; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATION; FLUOROMETRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROALGA; NONHUMAN; PERIPHYTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGAE; ATRAZINE; BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CYANOBACTERIA; FLUOROMETRY; HERBICIDES; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; PHENYLUREA COMPOUNDS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PROMETRYNE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 38149010451     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2007.10.001     Document Type: Article

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