Publication Abstract

The effects of atrazine, isoproturon and mecoprop on the Macrophyte Lemna minor and the Alga Scenedesmus subspicatus

M.F. Kirby and D.A. Sheahan

This study compared the toxicity of three herbicides, atrazine, isoproturon and mecoprop to a freshwater green flagellate alga, Scenedesmus subspicatus, and a macrophyte plant, the common duckweed Lemna minor. One objective of the work was to assist the development of a practical guideline for routine Lemna tests.

Reference:

M.F. Kirby and D.A. Sheahan, 1994. The effects of atrazine, isoproturon and mecoprop on the Macrophyte Lemna minor and the Alga Scenedesmus subspicatus. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 53: 120-126.