Evaluation of the effect of glyphosate-based herbicides on photosynthetic response of benthic Cyanobacteria of tropical lotic environments

• Grant number: 16/24262-2
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: April 01, 2017
• End date: December 31, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Botany - Plant Taxonomy
• Principal Investigator: Ciro Cesar Zanini Branco
• Grantee: Amanda Concheta Mascai Piva
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências e Letras (FCL-ASSIS). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Assis. Assis , SP, Brazil

Abstract

In the present research project, laboratory experiments will be carried out to evaluate the effects of exposure to glyphosate-based herbicides on photosynthetic responses of stream macroalgae belonging to the Phylum Cyanophyta. The photosynthetic responses will be assessed using the techniques of (I) evolution of dissolved oxygen and (II) fluorescence of chlorophyll a. (AU)