Impacts of ambient salinity and copper on brown algae: 1. Interactive effects on photosynthesis, growth, and copper accumulation

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 104, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 94-107

  Connan, Solène ^a   Stengel, Dagmar B ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Copper; Growth; Phaeophyceae; Photosynthesis; Salinity

Indexed keywords

COPPER;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; BROWN ALGA; COPPER; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SALINITY; SEAWEED;

ALGAL GROWTH; ARTICLE; ASCOPHYLLUM; ASCOPHYLLUM NODOSUM; BINDING SITE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BROWN ALGA; CHLOROSIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUCUS; FUCUS VESICULOSUS; GROWTH INHIBITION; METAL BINDING; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; THALLUS;

ASCOPHYLLUM; CHLOROPHYLL; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SALINITY; SEASONS; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ALGAE; ASCOPHYLLUM NODOSUM; FUCUS VESICULOSUS; PHAEOPHYCEAE;

EID: 79955558948     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: 0166445X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2011.03.015     Document Type: Article

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