IN-VIVO CHLOROPHYLL-A FLUORESCENCE OF SELENASTRUM-CAPRICORNUTUM AS A SCREENING BIOASSAY IN TOXICITY STUDIES

Authors
VANDERHEEVER JA GROBBELAAR JU
Citation
Ja. Vanderheever et Ju. Grobbelaar, IN-VIVO CHLOROPHYLL-A FLUORESCENCE OF SELENASTRUM-CAPRICORNUTUM AS A SCREENING BIOASSAY IN TOXICITY STUDIES, Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology, 35(2), 1998, pp. 281-286
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Toxicology,"Environmental Sciences
Journal title
Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00904341
Volume
35
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
281 - 286
Database
ISI
SICI code
0090-4341(1998)35:2<281:ICFOSA>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
A method for the estimation of the effect of specific toxins on phytop lankton photosynthesis tinder of toxicity) was investigated using in v ivo chlorophyll a fluorescence. No meaningful results were obtained wi th the following substances; copper, cadmium, mercury, and gusathion, within a 4-h exposure period. It can, therefore, be concluded that in vivo chlorophyll a fluorescence an not a simple bioassay tool, due to the complexity of its origins, but a complex research tool.