Morphological abnormalities of diatom silica walls in relation to heavy metal contamination and artificial growth conditions

Water SA

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 595-606

  Falasco, Elisa ^a,b   Bona, Francesca ^a   Ginepro, Marco ^a   Hlúbiková, Daša ^b   Hoffmann, Lucien ^b   Ector, Luc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Aquatic ecosystem health; Diatoms; Teratological forms

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; OSMOSIS; PHYTOPLANKTON;

DIATOMS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FRESHWATER DIATOMS; GROWTH CONDITIONS; HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION; LONG-TERM CULTURE; PHENOTYPIC ABNORMALITIES; WASTE PRODUCTS;

HEAVY METALS;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RESPONSE; HEAVY METAL; MORPHOLOGY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; OSMOSIS; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOGRAPHY; POLLUTION EFFECT; POPULATION STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 77954221764     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: 18167950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/wsa.v35i5.49185     Document Type: Article

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