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Algae are the principal primary producers of aquatic ecosystems. Modern chemical residues from water pollution (such as pesticides in surface and ground waters, antibiotics, chemical substances of military use, heavy metals, oil, oil products, etc.) are a challenge to survival of microagal populations. Growth of many species was restricted even by micromolar concentrations of such xenobiotics.
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Ipatova, V., Prokhotskaya, V., Dmitrieva, A. (2012). Structural Changes and Adaptation of Algal Population under Different Regimens of Toxic Exposure. In: Minai, A.A., Braha, D., Bar-Yam, Y. (eds) Unifying Themes in Complex Systems VII. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-18003-3_15
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