Toxicant Induced Changes on Delayed Fluorescence Decay Kinetics of Cyanobacteria and Green Algae: A Rapid and Sensitive Biotest

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Leunert, Franziska ^a   Grossart, Hans Peter ^a,b   Gerhardt, Volkmar ^c   Eckert, Werner ^d  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^d The Yigal Allon Kinneret Limnological Laboratory   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3,5 DICHLOROPHENOL; COPPER; DIURON; HERBICIDE; PHOTOSYSTEM II;

ACUTODESMUS OBLIQUUS; APHANIZOMENON FLOS AQUAE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DELAYED FLUORESCENCE; DESMODESMUS SUBSPICATUS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GREEN ALGA; GROWTH INHIBITION; INCUBATION TIME; INDICATOR ORGANISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLLUTION MONITORING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER POLLUTANT; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; FLUORESCENCE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KINETICS; METABOLISM; TOXICITY;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA;

CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FLUORESCENCE; HERBICIDES; KINETICS; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; PHYTOPLANKTON; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 84876991115     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063127     Document Type: Article

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