Periphyton responses to nutrient and atrazine mixtures introduced through agricultural runoff

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 215-230

  Murdock, Justin N ^a,b   Shields Jr , F Douglas ^a   Lizotte Jr , Richard E ^a  

^a USDA ARS NATIONAL SEDIMENTATION LABORATORY   (United States)

^b TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural runoff; Algae; Herbicide; Metabolism; Pulse; Wetland

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; ATRAZINE; CHLOROPHYLL A; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RUNOFF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; ALGA; ATRAZINE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; METABOLISM; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PERIPHYTON; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; WETLAND;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY MASS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; METABOLISM; NUTRIENT; PERIPHYTON; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SIMULATION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WETLAND;

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; ATRAZINE; AUTOTROPHIC PROCESSES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; CYANOBACTERIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; HERBICIDES; HETEROTROPHIC PROCESSES; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RIVERS; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

MISSISSIPPI RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE;

EID: 84878366443     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: 15733017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-012-1018-9     Document Type: Article

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