Effect of water hardness on the toxicity of cadmium to the green alga Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata in an artificial growth medium and nutrient-spiked natural lake waters

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 72, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 277-283

  Källqvist, Torsten ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CHELATING AGENT; LAKE WATER; ORGANIC CARBON; FRESH WATER; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ALGA; ALGAL GROWTH; ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; GROWTH INHIBITION; LAKE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOKIRCHNERIELLA SUBCAPITATA; WATER HARDNESS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREEN ALGA; GROWTH; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; NORWAY; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHLOROPHYTA; SELENASTRUM CAPRICORNUTUM;

ALGAE, GREEN; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CHELATING AGENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GROWTH; NORWAY; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 60749131600     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390802539368     Document Type: Article

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