Effects of five heavy metals at sub-lethal concentrations on the growth and photosynthesis of Chlorella vulgaris

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 57, Issue 25, 2012, Pages 3363-3370

  Ouyang, HuiLing ^a   Kong, XiangZhen ^a   He, Wei ^a   Qin, Ning ^a   He, QiShuang ^a   Wang, Yan ^a   Wang, Rong ^a   Xu, FuLiu ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chlorella vulgaris; growth; heavy metal; photosynthesis; sub lethal

Indexed keywords

CHLORELLA VULGARIS;

EID: 84865827253     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-012-5366-x     Document Type: Article

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