Silver nanoparticles toxicity effect on photosystem II photochemistry of the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii treated in light and dark conditions

Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1536-1546

  Dewez, David ^a   Oukarroum, Abdallah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chlamydomonas reinhardtii; chlorophyll fluorescence; photosynthetic electron transport; photosystem II; silver nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE; PHOTOSYNTHETIC ELECTRON TRANSPORT; PHOTOSYSTEM II; SILVER NANOPARTICLES;

DETERIORATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; FLUORESCENCE; GALLIUM ALLOYS; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; PLANTS (BOTANY); WATER POLLUTION;

SILVER;

CHLOROPHYLL A; ELECTRON; FLUORESCENCE; GREEN ALGA; INHIBITION; LIGHT EFFECT; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SILVER; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; WATER POLLUTION;

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYTA;

EID: 84867196822     PISSN: 02772248     EISSN: 10290486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02772248.2012.712124     Document Type: Article

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