Selection of bioindicators to detect lead pollution in Ebro delta microbial mats, using high-resolution microscopic techniques

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 104, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 135-144

  Maldonado, J ^a   Sole A ^a   Puyen, Z M ^a   Esteve, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bioindicators; CLSM; Cyanobacteria; Lead; SEM EDX; TEM EDX

Indexed keywords

LEAD; POLYPHOSPHATE;

BIOINDICATOR; CYANOBACTERIUM; DETECTION METHOD; ECOTOXICOLOGY; LEAD; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL MAT; MICROCOSM; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOAUTOTROPHY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; CELL INCLUSION; CHROOCOCCUS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOTOXICITY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY MICROANALYSIS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HIGH RESOLUTION MICROSCOPY; IN VIVO STUDY; INDICATOR ORGANISM; MICROBIAL MAT; MICROCOSM; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATORIA; PHOTOTROPH; PHYSICAL SENSITIVITY; PHYSICAL TOLERANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; SPIRULINA; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER POLLUTION; X RAY MICROANALYSIS;

BIOFILMS; CYANOBACTERIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LEAD; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; RIVERS; SPAIN; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CATALONIA; EBRO DELTA; SPAIN; TARRAGONA [CATALONIA];

ALGAE; CHROOCOCCUS; CYANOBACTERIA; LYNGBYA; OSCILLATORIA SANCTA PCC 7515; PHORMIDIUM; PHOTOBACTERIA; SPIRULINA SP. PCC 6313;

EID: 79955831516     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: 0166445X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2011.04.009     Document Type: Article

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