Effect of prolonged exposition to pulp mill effluents on the invasive aquatic plant Egeria densa and other primary producers: A mesocosm approach

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 387-396

  Palma, Alvaro T ^a   Silva, Marcelo G ^a   Muñoz, Carlos A ^a   Cartes, Carolina ^b   Jaksic, Fabián M ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b DSS Ambiente ^*  (Chile)

Author keywords

Egeria densa; Mesocosm; Primary producers; Pulp mill

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENTS; WETLANDS;

EGERIA DENSA; PULP MILL EFFLUENTS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ORGANIC MATTER;

CHLOROPHYLL; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MESOCOSM; MONOCOTYLEDON; ORGANIC MATTER; PERIPHYTON; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY; WETLAND;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; AQUATIC FLORA; ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; BIOMASS; BRAZIL; CHILE; DILUTION; ECOSYSTEM; EFFLUENT; EGERIA DENSA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MEASUREMENT; MESOCOSM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULP MILL; SPECIES INVASION; ANGIOSPERM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PAPER; SEASON; TIME; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EGERIA DENSA;

ANGIOSPERMS; ECOSYSTEM; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PAPER; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 42449112068     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/07-194R2.1     Document Type: Article

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