Effects of lead and cadmium uptake on the metabolic rate of the woodlouse Porcellio scaber (crustacea, isopoda: Oniscidea)

Israel Journal of Zoology

Volumn 44, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 439-444

  Coenen Stass, Dieter ^a  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

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