Effect of amino acids on the toxicity of heavy metals to phytoplankton

Journal Article · Sun May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1988 · Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01688377· OSTI ID:6808467

Kosakowska, A; Falkowski, L; Lewandowska, J ^[1]

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1. Institute of Oceanology, Sopot (Poland)

Heavy metals distribution in the sea water can be indispensable or delitorious for the organisms living in that environment depending on their concentration and speciation. The bioavailability as well as toxicity of the elements are strongly influenced by the organic matter dissolved in water. The effect of a number of organic compounds, including amino acids, on the toxicity of heavy metals was tested, but there were no reports elucidating compounds representing various types of structure. This paper deals with the effect of amino acids representing various structure groups on the toxicity of copper, cadmium and mercury against to Chlorella vulgaris and Anabeana variabilis.

• OSTI ID: 6808467
• Journal Information: Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology; (USA), Vol. 40:5; ISSN 0007-4861
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
AMINO ACIDS
BIOCHEMISTRY
METALS
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
PHYTOPLANKTON
ALANINES
ASPARTIC ACID
CADMIUM CHLORIDES
CHLORELLA
CHLOROPHYLL
COPPER SULFATES
CYANOBACTERIA
GLUTAMIC ACID
GLYCINE
HISTIDINE
MERCURY COMPOUNDS
METHIONINE
PROLINE
SEAWATER
VALINE
ALGAE
AMINES
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
AZOLES
CADMIUM COMPOUNDS
CADMIUM HALIDES
CARBOXYLIC ACIDS
CHEMISTRY
CHLORIDES
CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
CHLOROPHYCOTA
COPPER COMPOUNDS
DRUGS
ELEMENTS
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
HETEROCYCLIC ACIDS
HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
IMIDAZOLES
LIPOTROPIC FACTORS
MICROORGANISMS
ORGANIC ACIDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC SULFUR COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PHYTOCHROMES
PIGMENTS
PLANKTON
PLANTS
PORPHYRINS
PROTEINS
PYRROLES
PYRROLIDINES
SULFATES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
UNICELLULAR ALGAE
WATER
560300* - Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology