Landfill leachate ecotoxicity experiments using Lemna minor

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution: Focus

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 171-179

  Mackenzie, S M ^a   Waite, S ^a   Metcalfe, D J ^a   Joyce, C B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioassay; Bioremediation; Chlorophyll fluorescence; Constructed wetlands; Ecotoxicity; Landfill leachate; Lemna minor

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIOREMEDIATION; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; ECOTOXICOLOGY; LANDFILL; LEACHATE;

LEMNA; LEMNA MINOR;

EID: 4344677541     PISSN: 15677230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023973516564     Document Type: Article

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