Cell size dependence of additive versus synergetic effects of UV radiation and PAHs on oceanic phytoplankton

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 159, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1307-1316

  Echeveste, Pedro ^a   Agustí, Susana ^a   Dachs, Jordi ^b  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cell size; Phytoplankton; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Synergy; UV radiation

Indexed keywords

CELL SIZE; CHLOROPHYLL-A CONCENTRATION; DEGREE OF SENSITIVITY; EUTROPHIC WATER; IN-SITU; MARINE PHYTOPLANKTON; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NATURAL SUNLIGHT; PHOTO-TOXICITY; PHYTOPLANKTON COMMUNITY; SOUTHERN OCEAN; SYNERGETIC EFFECT; SYNERGY; UV RADIATION;

ALGAE CONTROL; AROMATIZATION; CHLOROPHYLL; MARINE BIOLOGY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OZONE; OZONE LAYER; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RADIATION EFFECTS; TOXICITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

CHLOROPHYLL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

PAH; PHYTOPLANKTON; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TEST; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ALGAL COMMUNITY; ARCTIC OCEAN; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CELL SIZE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTOXICITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEA; SEA POLLUTION; SOUTHERN OCEAN; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 79954426138     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.01.023     Document Type: Article

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