Chronic toxicity of the Sava River (SE Europe) sediments and river water to the algae Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata

Water Research

Volumn 42, Issue 8-9, 2008, Pages 2146-2156

  Källqvist, Torsten ^a   Milačič, Radmila ^b   Smital, Tvrtko ^c   Thomas, Kevin V ^a   Vranes, Sanja ^d   Tollefsen, Knut Erik ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^c RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^d MIHAJLO PUPIN INSTITUTE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Growth inhibition; Particulate fraction; Porewater; Sediment; Surface water; Water soluble fraction

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; SEDIMENTS; SURFACE WATERS; TOXICITY;

GROWTH INHIBITION; PARTICULATE FRACTION; POREWATER; WATER-SOLUBLE FRACTION;

WATER POLLUTION;

ALGAE; SEDIMENTS; SURFACE WATERS; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTION;

BIOASSAY; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GREEN ALGA; GROWTH RESPONSE; INHIBITION; POREWATER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER WATER; TOXICITY;

ALGA; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHRONIC TOXICITY; GROWTH INHIBITION; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOKIRCHNERIELLA SUBCAPITATA; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SAVA RIVER; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ALGAE; SELENASTRUM CAPRICORNUTUM;

EID: 41949097700     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2007.11.026     Document Type: Article

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