Toxic effects of selenite and selenate on marine microalgae : a physiological and ultrastructural study

Seven species of marine phytoplankters assigned to different taxonomic divisions were tested for toxic responses to two different molecular species of selenium known to be prevalent in seawater, selenite and selenate. Selenate proved to be more toxic than selenite, although severe toxicity was only...

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Main Author: Wong, Donald Chun Kit
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/29341