Synchronous-scan fluorescence of algal cells for toxicity assessment of heavy metals and herbicides

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 316-320

  Nguyen Ngoc, Hanh ^a   Durrieu, Claude ^b   Tran Minh, Canh ^c  

^a Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh   (Viet Nam)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c CENTRE SPIN   (France)

Author keywords

Chlorella vulgaris; Fluorescence; Heavy metals; Herbicides; Immobilized algae; Silica matrix; Sol gel; Synchronous scan spectrometry; Toxicity assessment; Vegetal cells

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE; CADMIUM; DINITRO ORTHO CRESOL; DIURON; HEAVY METAL; HERBICIDE; PARAQUAT;

CYTOLOGY; GREEN ALGA; HEAVY METAL; HERBICIDE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SYNCHRONY; TOXICITY TEST;

ALGA; ARTICLE; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; ECOTOXICITY; FLUORESCENCE; FUNGAL CELL; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; TOXICITY TESTING;

ATRAZINE; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; DINITROCRESOLS; DIURON; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HERBICIDES; METALS, HEAVY; PARAQUAT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ALGAE; CHLORELLA VULGARIS;

EID: 54949089555     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2008.04.016     Document Type: Article

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