Macromolecular Response of Individual Algal Cells to Nutrient and Atrazine Mixtures within Biofilms

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 761-772

  Murdock, Justin N ^a   Wetzel, David L ^b  

^a USDA ARS NATIONAL SEDIMENTATION LABORATORY   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLL A; HERBICIDE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; DRUG EFFECT; GREEN ALGA; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANT;

ATRAZINE; BIOFILMS; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; DIATOMS; HERBICIDES; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; HAPALOSIPHON; MOUGEOTIA; NAVICULA;

EID: 84864345581     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-011-9994-5     Document Type: Article

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