Effect of the pesticide lindane on the biomass of the microalgae Nannochloris oculata. Issue 2 (1st February 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Pérez-Legaspi, Ignacio Alejandro; Ortega-Clemente, Luis Alfredo; Moha-León, Jesús David; Ríos-Leal, Elvira; Gutiérrez, Sergio Curiel-Ramírez; Rubio-Franchini, Isidoro
• Is Part Of: Journal of environmental science and health. Volume 51:Issue 2(2016)
• Page Start: 103
• Page End: 106
• Publication Date: 2016-02-01
• Subjects: Phycoremediation -- chronic toxicity -- organochloride pesticide -- microalgae -- removal; Pesticides -- Environmental aspects -- Periodicals; Food contamination -- Periodicals; Agricultural wastes -- Environmental aspects -- Periodicals; Ecology -- periodicals; Pesticides -- toxicity -- periodicals; Food Contamination -- periodicals; 363.73
• DOI: 10.1080/03601234.2015.1092824
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0360-1234

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This study assesses the growth of the microalgae Nannochloris oculata in the presence of lindane and the ability of N. oculata to remove lindane from media. Algal biomass increased with 0.1 and 0.5 mg L −1 of lindane, and lindane concentrations in the media decreased. N. oculata removed 73% and 68.2% of lindane in the 0.1 and 0.5 mg L −1 media concentrations, respectively. Algal biomass decreased to the level of the control at lindane concentrations greater than 2.5 mg L −1, probably due to toxicity. N. oculata removed lindane from the media at concentrations lower than 1.0 mg L −1 . Thus, N. oculata may be useful for lindane bioremediation in contaminated aquatic systems.