Active bio-monitoring of contamination in aquatic systems-An in situ translocation experiment applying the PICT concept

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 228-236

  Rotter, Stefanie ^a   Sans Piché, Frédéric ^a   Streck, Georg ^a   Altenburger, Rolf ^a   Schmitt Jansen, Mechthild ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Field transfer; PICT; POCIS; Prometryn; River periphyton

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CALCIUM ION; CHLORIDE ION; COPPER; FLUORINE; IRON; MAGNESIUM ION; MANGANESE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN; PESTICIDE; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM ION; PROMETRYN; SODIUM ION; SULFATE; ZINC;

ALGA; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIOMONITORING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIATOM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; HERBICIDE; PERIPHYTON; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY; TRANSLOCATION;

ALGA; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHYTON; PH; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPOSITION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; DIATOMS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GERMANY; HERBICIDES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROMETRYNE; RIVERS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ELBE BASIN;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 78649909118     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2010.10.001     Document Type: Article

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