Abstract
The effects of the anionic surfactant sodium dodecyl suplphate on the aquatic macrophyte Potamogeton crispus L. are studied. Concentrations of 83–133 mg/l caused fragmentation of the stems of plants. The tolerance of the plants to the negative effects of the surfactant was higher in the spring (April) than in the autumn (September).
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Original Russian Text © E.A. Solomonova, S.A. Ostroumov, 2007, published in Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Biologiya, 2007, No. 4, pp. 39–42.
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Solomonova, E.A., Ostroumov, S.A. Tolerance of an aquatic macrophyte Potamogeton crispus L. to sodium dodecyl sulphate. Moscow Univ. Biol.Sci. Bull. 62, 176–179 (2007). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0096392507040074
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