Influence of UVB radiation on the capacity of dissolved organic carbon to protect freshwater phytoplankton from metal toxicity.

Water samples from the Raisin River, Grand River, Lake Simcoe and St. Lawrence River were irradiated in the laboratory for up to 10 d under fluorescent lamps with maximum irradiance in the ultraviolet B waveband (at 310 nm). These waters were chosen to represent a range of dissolved organic carbon (...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Winch, Susan.
Other Authors: Lean, David
Format: Others
Published: University of Ottawa (Canada) 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10393/6294
http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-14781