Growth and metal removal potential of a Phormidium bigranulatum-dominated mat following long-term exposure to elevated levels of copper

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 21, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 10279-10285

  Kumar, Dhananjay ^a   Gaur, J P ^b  

^a H N B GARHWAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Copper; Metal removal; Metal tolerance; Metal toxicity; Phormidium mat

Indexed keywords

AIR BUBBLE; ALGAL MAT; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; DOMINANCE; GROWTH RATE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; LYNGBYA; OSCILLATORIA; OSCILLATORIA TENUIS; PHORMIDIUM; PHORMIDIUM BIGRANULATUM;

CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLL A; CHLOROPHYLL A'; CHLOROPHYLL B; COPPER; METAL;

ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BIOMASS; BIOREMEDIATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; DRUG EFFECTS; EVALUATION STUDY; GREEN ALGA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; TOXICITY TESTING;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYTA; COPPER; CYANOBACTERIA; METALS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; TOXICITY TESTS, CHRONIC;

EID: 84906794654     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-2920-x     Document Type: Article

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