Freshwater Ulva (Chlorophyta) as a bioaccumulator of selected heavy metals (Cd, Ni and Pb) and alkaline earth metals (Ca and Mg)

Chemosphere

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1066-1076

  Rybak, Andrzej ^a   Messyasz, Beata ^a   Łeska, Bogusława ^a  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Alkaline earth metals; Bioaccumulator; Enteromorpha; Freshwater Ulva; Green algae; Heavy metal

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ALKALINE EARTH METALS; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; ECOSYSTEMS; HEAVY METALS; LAKES; MAGNESIUM; NICKEL; SEDIMENTS; WATER;

AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; BIOACCUMULATOR; ENTEROMORPHA; FRESHWATER ULVA; GREEN ALGA; MACRO-ALGAE; THREE COMPONENT; WATER SAMPLES;

POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; CALCIUM; FRESH WATER; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; NICKEL;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CARBONATE; GREEN ALGA; LEAD; MACROALGA; MAGNESIUM; NICKEL;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NONHUMAN; POLAND; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SEDIMENT; ULVA; ULVA THALLI; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

MALTA LAKE; NIELBA RIVER; POLAND; POZNAN [WIELKOPOLSKIE]; WIELKOPOLSKIE;

CHLOROPHYTA; ULVA; ULVA THALLI; ULVACEAE;

EID: 84865745829     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.05.071     Document Type: Article

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