High sensitivity of cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa to copper and the prediction of copper toxicity

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2260-2268

  Zeng, Jin ^a,b   Yang, Liuyan ^b   Wang, Wen Xiong ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Copper; Free ion activity model; Microcystis aeruginosa; Toxicity; Uptake

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; BACTERIA; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COPPER; DISSOLUTION; HYDROCHEMISTRY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TOXICITY; WATER;

BIOTIC LIGAND MODEL; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; FREE ION ACTIVITY MODELS; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; INHIBITION CONCENTRATIONS; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; PHYTOPLANKTON SPECIES; UPTAKE;

COPPER COMPOUNDS;

COPPER; COPPER 67; COPPER ION; ORGANIC MATTER;

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; COPPER COMPOUND; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; INHIBITION; LIGAND; PH; PHYTOPLANKTON; TOXICITY TEST; TRACER; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GROWTH INHIBITION; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TOXICITY; WATER ANALYSIS;

CHINA;

MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 78649478075     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.266     Document Type: Article

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