Unlocking Kautsky’s dark box: Development of an optical toxicity classification tool (OPTOX index) with marine diatoms exposed to emerging contaminants

Chlorophyll a induction curves, or Kautsky curves, have been extensively used to study physiological stress conditions in phototrophic organisms, with the analysis of several derived parameters. Nevertheless, these variables use only about 10 % of the information comprised in the complete Kautsky cu...

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Main Authors: Bernardo Duarte, Eduardo Feijão, Ricardo Cruz de Carvalho, Marco Franzitta, João Carlos Marques, Isabel Caçador, Maria Teresa Cabrita, Vanessa F. Fonseca
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-11-01
Series:Ecological Indicators
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X21009031