Chronic toxicity of a laundry detergent to the freshwater flagellate Euglena gracilis

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1957-1964

  Azizullah, Azizullah ^a,b   Richter, Peter ^a   Jamil, Muhammad ^c   Häder, Donat Peter ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b KOHAT UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^c GOMAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^d NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ariel detergent; Chlorophyll; Euglena gracilis; Motility; Photosynthesis; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL B; DETERGENT;

ALGA; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CHLOROPHYLL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DETERGENT; FLAGELLATE; MOTILITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL MOTILITY; CELL SHAPE; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; EUGLENA GRACILIS; GRAVITY; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGAE; EUGLENA GRACILIS; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES);

EID: 84868136599     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: 15733017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-012-0930-3     Document Type: Article

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