The biouptake and toxicity of arsenic species on the green microalga Chlorella salina in seawater

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 264-271

  Karadjova, Irina B ^a,b   Slaveykova, Vera I ^a   Tsalev, Dimiter L ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Arsenic species; Biouptake; Black Sea; Green alga Chlorella salina; Phosphate competition; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC DERIVATIVE; CACODYLIC ACID; MONOMETHYLARSONATE; PHOSPHATE;

ARSENIC; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DETOXIFICATION; EXCRETION; GREEN ALGA; METHYLATION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEAWATER; TOXICITY;

ALGAL BLOOM; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHLORELLA SALINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GREEN ALGA; METHYLATION; MICROALGA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; ARSENICALS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CACODYLIC ACID; CHLORELLA; NITRATES; PHOSPHATES; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BLACK SEA COAST [BULGARIA]; BULGARIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ALGAE; CHLORELLA SALINA; CHLOROPHYTA;

EID: 42749085750     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2008.02.006     Document Type: Article

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