The Use of Photosynthetic Fluorescence Parameters from Autotrophic Biofilms for Monitoring the Effect of Chemicals in River Ecosystems

Handbook of Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 19, Issue , 2012, Pages 85-115

  Corcoll, Natàlia ^a   Ricart, Marta ^a   Franz, Stephanie ^b   Sans Piché, Frédéric ^b   Schmitt Jansen, Mechthild ^b   Guasch, Helena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biofilms; Chl a fluorescence parameters; Emerging substances; Priority substances; Rivers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992410413     PISSN: 1867979X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-25722-3_4     Document Type: Chapter

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