The impact of the herbicide atrazine on growth and photosynthesis of seagrass, Zostera marina (L.), seedlings

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1628-1631

  Gao, Yaping ^a   Fang, Jianguang ^a   Zhang, Jihong ^a   Ren, Lihua ^a   Mao, Yuze ^a   Li, Bin ^a   Zhang, Mingliang ^a   Liu, Dinghai ^a   Du, Meirong ^a  

^a YELLOW SEA FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Adult; Atrazine; Chlorophyll a fluorescence; Growth; Seedling; Zostera marina

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATRAZINES; CHLOROPHYLL A FLUORESCENCE; SEEDLING; ZOSTERA MARINA;

CHLOROPHYLL; FLUORESCENCE; MARINAS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS (BOTANY); QUANTUM YIELD; SEAWEED; SEED; WEED CONTROL;

HERBICIDES;

ATRAZINE;

ATRAZINE; BIOMONITORING; CHLOROPHYLL A; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEAGRASS; SEEDLING;

ADULT PLANT; ARTICLE; CHLOROPHYLL CONTENT; CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT METABOLISM; QUANTUM YIELD; SEAGRASS; SEEDLING; ZOSTERA MARINA;

ATRAZINE; CHLOROPHYLL; FLUORESCENCE; HERBICIDES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEEDLING; TIME FACTORS; ZOSTERACEAE;

ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 79960389334     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.06.014     Document Type: Article

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