Intracellular and extracellular ammonium (NH4 +) uptake and its toxic effects on the aquatic biomonitor Fontinalis antipyretica

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1087-1094

  Vieira, Ana Rute ^a   Gonzalez, Carla ^a,b   Martins Loução, Maria Amélia ^a,c   Branquinho, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c Museu Nacional de Historia Natural Universidade de Lisboa   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cellular location; Eutrophication; Fluorescence of chlorophyll a; Mediterranean streams; Mosses; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; NICKEL CHLORIDE;

AMMONIUM; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BIOMONITORING; CHLOROPHYLL A; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOTOXICOLOGY; EUTROPHICATION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MOSS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FONTINALIS ANTIPYRETICA; INTOXICATION; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MOSS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER POLLUTION;

BRYOPHYTA; FONTINALIS ANTIPYRETICA;

BRYOPSIDA; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 70349589680     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-009-0374-6     Document Type: Article

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