• Biology
• Published 1996
• DOI:10.1071/mf9961009

Effect of sewage effluents on germination of three marine brown algal macrophytes

@inproceedings{Burridge1996EffectOS,
  title={Effect of sewage effluents on germination of three marine brown algal macrophytes},
  author={Tr Burridge and Tik Portelli and Pj Ashton},
  year={1996}
}

• Tr Burridge, Tik Portelli, Pj Ashton

Inhibition of germination of zygotes of the fucoid macroalgae Hormosira banksii and Phyllospora comosa and zoospores of the laminarian Macrocystis angustifolia was used as an end-point to assess the toxicity of three sewage effluents of differing quality. For each species, between-assay variation was low and results of tests with the reference toxicant 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid suggested that results are reproducible, especially in R. comosa. Each species showed a greater sensitivity to… CONTINUE READING

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