Interactions between atrazine and phosphorus in aquatic systems: Effects on phytoplankton and periphyton

Chemosphere

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1069-1076

  Baxter, Leilan R ^a   Sibley, Paul K ^a   Solomon, Keith R ^a   Hanson, Mark L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atrazine; Microcosm; Periphyton; Phosphorus; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ECOLOGY; MOLLUSCS; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON;

AMPHIBIAN POPULATION; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CENTRAL COMPOSITE ROTATABLE DESIGN; ECOLOGICAL MECHANISMS; MICROCOSM; NUTRIENT CONDITIONS; PERIPHYTONS; PHOSPHORUS CONCENTRATION;

HERBICIDES;

ATRAZINE; CHLOROPHYLL A; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; WATER;

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED OXYGEN; HERBICIDE; INFECTIVITY; MICROCOSM; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PERIPHYTON; PH; PHOSPHORUS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLLUTION EFFECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SNAIL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATER;

AGROECOSYSTEM; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FILAMENTOUS ALGA; MICROCOSM; NONHUMAN; PERIPHYTON; PH; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ALGAE; AMPHIBIA; GASTROPODA; TREMATODA;

EID: 84869886601     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.09.011     Document Type: Article

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