Copper accumulation and toxicity in fluvial periphyton: The influence of exposure history

Chemosphere

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 633-641

  Serra, A ^a   Corcoll, N ^a   Guasch, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Cu exposure; Metals; Periphyton; Rivers; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; CONTINUOUS EXPOSURES; CONTROLLED CONDITIONS; COPPER ACCUMULATIONS; COPPER UPTAKES; CU-EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE TIMES; FOOD CHAINS; METAL ACCUMULATIONS; METAL CONTENTS; METAL EXPOSURES; METAL POLLUTIONS; PERIPHYTON; PERIPHYTON COMMUNITIES; SPECIES COMPOSITIONS; TOLERANCE; TROPHIC LEVELS;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; COPPER; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS;

METALS;

COPPER;

ADAPTATION; BIOACCUMULATION; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COPPER; FOOD CHAIN; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; PERIPHYTON; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; TOXICITY; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CELL LEVEL; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; CYTOTOXICITY; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CHAIN; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; PERIPHYTON; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPHIC LEVEL; WATER SAMPLING;

ALGAE; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 58149507788     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.10.036     Document Type: Article

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