Duckweed Lemna minor as a tool for testing toxicity and genotoxicity of surface waters

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 182-187

  Radic S ^a   Stipanicev D ^b   Cvjetko, P ^a   Marijanovic Rajcic M ^b   Sirac S ^b   Pevalek Kozlina, B ^a   Pavlica, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b CROATIAN WATERS   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll; Comet assay; Duckweed; Lipid peroxidation; Monitoring; Peroxidase

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL; MALONALDEHYDE; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATE;

ANGIOSPERM; BIOMARKER; CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL; DNA; GENOTOXICITY; GROWTH RATE; LIPID; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PHYTOTOXICITY; POLLUTION MONITORING; SURFACE WATER; TOXICITY TEST; WATER QUALITY;

AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COMET ASSAY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENOTOXICITY; GROWTH RATE; LEMNA MINOR; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; PH; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT GROWTH; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WEED;

ARACEAE; COMET ASSAY; CROATIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; PEROXIDASE; PIGMENTATION; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

SAVA RIVER;

LEMNA; LEMNA MINOR;

EID: 78649854252     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2010.06.011     Document Type: Article

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