Lethal limits and sublethal effects of hypoxia on the amphipod Gammarus pseudolimnaeus

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 117-126

  Hoback, W Wyatt ^a,b   Barnhart, M Christopher ^a  

^a MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphipod; Anoxia; Gammarus; Hypoxia; LC50; Mate guarding; Respiration

Indexed keywords

GAMMARUS PSEUDOLIMNAEUS;

EID: 0030055265     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1467437     Document Type: Article

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