Use of chlorophyll a fluorescence to detect the effect of microcystins on photosynthesis and photosystem II energy fluxes of green algae

Toxicon

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 567-577

  Perron, Marie Claude ^a   Qiu, Baosheng ^b   Boucher, Nathalie ^c   Bellemare, François ^c   Juneau, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRAL CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Lab Bell Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Energy fluxes; Green algae; Microcystin; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; MICROCYSTIN;

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CHLOROPHYLL CONTENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GREEN ALGA; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOKIRCHNERIELLA SUBCAPITATA; SCENEDESMUS; SCENEDESMUS OBLIQUUS; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYTA; FLUORESCENCE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICROCYSTINS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; SCENEDESMUS OBLIQUUS; SELENASTRUM CAPRICORNUTUM;

EID: 84857199671     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: 18793150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2011.12.005     Document Type: Article

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