In situ determination of the effects of lead and copper on cyanobacterial populations in microcosms.

BACKGROUND: Biomass has been studied as biomarker to evaluate the effect of heavy metals on microbial communities. Nevertheless, the most important methodological problem when working with natural and artificial microbial mats is the difficulty to evaluate changes produced on microorganism populatio...

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Main Authors: Mireia Burnat, Elia Diestra, Isabel Esteve, Antonio Solé
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2703825?pdf=render