Sensitivity, variability, and recovery of functional and structural endpoints of an aquatic community exposed to herbicides

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 78, Issue , 2012, Pages 178-183

  Knauer, Katja ^a,c   Hommen, Udo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND APPLIED ECOLOGY IME   (Germany)

^c Federal Office for Agriculture   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Macrophytes; Photosystem II inhibitors; Phytoplankton; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; HERBICIDE;

ABUNDANCE; AQUATIC COMMUNITY; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIOACCUMULATION; CHLOROPHYLL; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; HERBICIDE; MACROPHYTE; MESOCOSM; PH; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ELODEA CANADENSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; MACROPHYTE; MESOCOSM; MYRIOPHYLLUM SPICATUM; NONHUMAN; PH; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PHYTOPLANKTON; POTAMOGETON LUCENS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ATRAZINE; CHLOROPHYLL; DIURON; ECOSYSTEM; HERBICIDES; HYDROCHARITACEAE; PHENYLUREA COMPOUNDS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; POTAMOGETONACEAE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ELODEA CANADENSIS; MYRIOPHYLLUM SPICATUM; POTAMOGETON LUCENS;

EID: 84857444004     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2011.11.019     Document Type: Article

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