A pond mesocosm study to determine direct and indirect effects of lindane on a natural zooplankton community

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 49-56

  Peither, Armin ^a   Jüttner, Ingrid ^a,c   Kettrup, Antonius ^a   Lay, Jan Peter ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt   (Germany)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lindane; Mesocosms; Predator prey relationship; Toxicity; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

LINDANE;

ARTICLE; DAPHNIA; DOSE RESPONSE; ECOSYSTEM; ECOTOXICITY; INSECT; LARVA; MORTALITY; POND; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PREDATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOXICITY TESTING; ZOOPLANKTON;

POND MESOCOSM; ZOOPLANKTON;

ASPLANCHNA; ASPLANCHNA PRIODONTA; CHAOBORIDAE; CHAOBORUS; CHAOBORUS FLAVICANS; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; CHYDORUS SPHAERICUS; CLADOCERA; COPEPODA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA LONGISPINA; DIPTERA; EUCYCLOPS SERRULATUS; KERATELLA QUADRATA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 0029662736     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0269-7491(96)00015-2     Document Type: Article

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