Heavy metal uptake capacities by the common freshwater green alga Cladophora fracta

Journal of Applied Phycology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 979-983

  Ji, Li ^a   Xie, Shulian ^a   Feng, Jia ^a   Li, Yanhui ^a   Chen, Le ^a  

^a SHANXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cladophora fracta; Heavy metal removal; Living algae; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CLADOPHORA FRACTA;

EID: 84864115280     PISSN: 09218971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10811-011-9721-0     Document Type: Article

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