Dissolved organic carbon reduces uranium toxicity to the unicellular eukaryote Euglena gracilis

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1013-1023

  Trenfield, Melanie A ^a,b   Ng, Jack C ^b   Noller, Barry ^b   Markich, Scott J ^c   Van Dam, Rick A ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE SUPERVISING SCIENTIST   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Aquatic Solutions International   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dissolved organic carbon; Euglena; Freshwater; Fulvic acid; Toxicity; Uranium

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FULVIC ACID; ORGANIC CARBON; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RIVER WATER; URANIUM;

BIOAVAILABILITY; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FULVIC ACID; GROWTH RESPONSE; PH; PROTIST; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TOXICITY; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CELL LEVEL; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUGLENA GRACILIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROWTH INHIBITION; IC 50; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOXICITY TESTING;

BENZOPYRANS; CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUGLENA GRACILIS; FRESH WATER; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; LINEAR MODELS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PHENOMENA; RIVERS; TOXICITY TESTS; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EUGLENA; EUGLENA GRACILIS; PROTISTA;

EID: 84862856346     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: 15733017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-012-0855-x     Document Type: Article

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