Effects of photosystem ii inhibitors and their mixture on freshwater phytoplankton succession in outdoor mesocosms

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 836-845

  Knauert, Stefanie ^a   Dawo, Ursula ^b   Hollender, Juliane ^c   Hommen, Udo ^d   Knauer, Katja ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^d FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND APPLIED ECOLOGY IME   (Germany)

^e Program Sustainability Research   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Mesocosm; Mixture toxicity; Phytoplankton community; Recovery

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE; COMBINED EFFECTS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; CONCENTRATION ADDITIONS; CONTROL COMMUNITIES; EXPOSURE PERIODS; HAZARDOUS CONCENTRATIONS; ISOPROTURON; MESOCOSM; MESOCOSMS; MIXTURE TOXICITY; PHENYLUREAS; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PHYTOPLANKTON COMMUNITY; POST TREATMENTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; RESPONSE CURVES; SPECIES COMPOSITIONS; SPECIES-SENSITIVITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

ALGAE CONTROL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HERBICIDES; MIXTURES; PHYTOPLANKTON; TOXICITY; UREA; WEED CONTROL;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ATRAZINE; DIURON; ISOPROTURON; UREA DERIVATIVE;

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HERBICIDE; INHIBITOR; MESOCOSM; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUCCESSION;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MESOCOSM; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PHYTOPLANKTON; PHYTOTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMALS; ATRAZINE; BIODIVERSITY; CRYPTOPHYTA; DIURON; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; PHENYLUREA COMPOUNDS; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; TOXICITY TESTS;

CHROOMONAS ACUTA; CRYPTOMONAS EROSA; CRYPTOPHYTA; NEPHROSELMIS OLIVACEA;

EID: 64849093837     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/08-135R.1     Document Type: Article

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