Responses of the alga Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata to long-term exposure to metal stress

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 296, Issue , 2015, Pages 82-92

  Machado, Manuela D ^a,b   Lopes, Ana R ^c   Soares, Eduardo V ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DO PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Esterase activity; Heavy metals toxicity; Membrane integrity; Mitochondrial membrane potential; Photosynthetic activity

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; CHLOROPHYLL; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; ENZYMES; ESTERS; GALLIUM ALLOYS; HEAVY METALS; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; MITOCHONDRIA; PHYSIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

DOSE-DEPENDENT MANNER; ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT; ESTERASE ACTIVITIES; MEMBRANE INTEGRITY; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; PHOTOSYNTHETIC ACTIVITY; PSEUDOKIRCHNERIELLA SUBCAPITATA; STRUCTURAL MODIFICATIONS;

METALS;

CADMIUM; CHLOROPHYLL A; CHROMIUM; COPPER; CUPRIC ION; ESTERASE; HEAVY METAL; ZINC ION; CHLOROPHYLL; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ECOTOXICOLOGY; GROWTH RESPONSE; HEAVY METAL; MICROALGA; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ALGAL GROWTH; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EC50; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEAVY METAL POISONING; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUANTUM YIELD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELENASTRUM CAPRICORNUTUM; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYMOLOGY; GREEN ALGA; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; TOXICITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; SELENASTRUM CAPRICORNUTUM;

CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYTA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTERASES; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL, MITOCHONDRIAL; METALS, HEAVY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84928239734     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2015.04.022     Document Type: Article

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