Phytobenthos and phytoplankton community changes upon exposure to a sunflower oil spill in a South African protected freshwater wetland

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1426-1439

  Oberholster, Paul J ^a   Blaise, Christian ^b   Botha, A M ^c  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Algal bioassay; Chlamydomonas africana; Chlorophyll a and b concentrations; Cyanobacteria; Light intensity

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; CHLOROPHYLL B; SUNFLOWER OIL; CHLOROPHYLL; FRESH WATER; OXYGEN; VEGETABLE OIL;

ABUNDANCE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOASSAY; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FRESHWATER; LIGHT INTENSITY; OIL SPILL RESPONSE; PHYTOBENTHOS; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WATER POLLUTION; WETLAND;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOASSAY; BIODIVERSITY; CELL LEVEL; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROWTH INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA POLLUTION; SOUTH AFRICA; WETLAND; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUGLENIDA; GREEN ALGA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WATER POLLUTION;

ALGAE; AVES; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; EUGLENA SOCIABILIS; EUGLENIDA; HELIANTHUS; PHACUS PLEURONECTES; SELENASTRUM CAPRICORNUTUM;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYTA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EUGLENIDA; FRESH WATER; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANT OILS; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER POLLUTION; WETLANDS;

EID: 79952278516     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-010-0528-6     Document Type: Article

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