Morphological abnormalities in periphytic diatoms as a tool for biomonitoring of heavy metal pollution in a river

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 36, Issue , 2014, Pages 272-279

  Pandey, Lalit K ^a   Kumar, Dhananjay ^b   Yadav, Arpana ^a   Rai, Jyoti ^a   Gaur, J P ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b H N B GARHWAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Diatom; Heavy metal toxicity; Metal diffusing substrate; Morphological abnormality; Periphytic algal community

Indexed keywords

DIATOM; HEAVY METAL ENRICHMENTS; HEAVY METAL POLLUTION; HEAVY METAL TOXICITY; INTRACELLULAR ACCUMULATION; INTRACELLULAR METALS; MORPHOLOGICAL ABNORMALITY; PERIPHYTIC ALGAL COMMUNITY;

LEAD; METALS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SUBSTRATES; WATER POLLUTION; ZINC;

COPPER;

ABNORMALITY; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; COPPER; DIATOM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MORPHOLOGY; PERIPHYTON; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RIVER POLLUTION; SUBSTRATE; ZINC;

EID: 84883540056     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.08.002     Document Type: Article

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