Evaluation of the adverse effects of two commonly used fertilizers, DAP and urea, on motility and orientation of the green flagellate Euglena gracilis

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 140-150

  Azizullah, Azizullah ^a   Nasir, Adeel ^a   Richter, Peter ^a   Lebert, Michael ^a   Häder, Donat Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

DAP; ECOTOX; Euglena gracilis; Gravitaxis; Motility; Urea

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AQUATIC ORGANISM; BIOASSAY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FLAGELLATE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; INHIBITION; MOTILITY; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; UREA;

EUGLENA GRACILIS; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PRASINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 80054026941     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2011.05.011     Document Type: Article

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