Monitoring copper toxicity in natural phytoplankton assemblages: application of Fast Repetition Rate fluorometry

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1292-1303

  Pérez, Patricia ^a   Beiras, Ricardo ^a   Fernández, Emilio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Copper; Fast Repetition Rate fluorometry; Phytoplankton; Toxicity; Variable fluorescence

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; COPPER; OXYGEN;

BIOMONITORING; CHLOROPHYLL A; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TOXICITY TEST;

ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUORESCENCE; FLUOROMETRY; GROWTH RATE; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYTOPLANKTON; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WATER POLLUTION;

CHLOROPHYLL; COPPER; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUOROMETRY; OXYGEN; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 77956189950     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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