Mercury contamination and population-level responses in chironomids: Can allozyme polymorphism indicate exposure?

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1309-1316

  Woodward, Lee Ann ^a,b   Mulvey, Margaret ^b   Newman, Michael C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allozyme; Chironomids; Mercury; Population genetics; Wahlund effect

Indexed keywords

ALLOENZYME; LAKE WATER; MERCURY;

ARTICLE; CHIRONOMIDAE; ECOLOGY; EXPOSURE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS PLUMOSUS;

EID: 0029794455     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620150808     Document Type: Article

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