Sensitivity of Cylindrotheca closterium to copper: Influence of three test endpoints and two test methods

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 3696-3703

  Araújo, Cristiano V M ^a   Diz, Fernando R ^a   Lubián, Luis M ^a   Blasco, Julián ^a   Moreno Garrido, Ignacio ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS MARINAS DE ANDALUCÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll fluorescence; Copper adsorption; Esterase activity; Population growth

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYCEAE; CELL DENSITY; CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE; COPPER ADSORPTION; CYLINDROTHECA CLOSTERIUM; ECO-TOXICOLOGY; ECOTOXICOLOGICAL STUDY; ERLENMEYER FLASKS; ESTERASE ACTIVITIES; METAL ADSORPTION; MICROPHYTOBENTHOS; MICROPLATES; POPULATION GROWTH; TARGET ORGANISM; TEST CONDITION; TEST METHOD; VESSEL WALLS;

ADSORPTION; BOTTLES; CHLOROPHYLL; COPPER; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; PORPHYRINS;

TESTING;

COPPER; ESTERASE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADSORPTION; CHLOROPHYLL; COPPER; DIATOM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; PHYTOBENTHOS; POPULATION GROWTH;

ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE; CYLINDROTHECA CLOSTERIUM; DIATOM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MICROPHYTOBENTHOS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER POLLUTANT;

COPPER; DIATOMS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTERASES; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BACILLARIOPHYCEAE; CYLINDROTHECA CLOSTERIUM;

EID: 77953810726     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.05.012     Document Type: Article

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