Toxicity of copper to Porcellio scaber Latr. (Isopoda) under different nutritional status

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 582-588

  Farkas, S ^a   Hornung, E ^b   Fischer, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COPPER; HEMOCYANIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BODY MASS; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; FEMALE; LETHALITY; LOUSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROGENY; SOIL POLLUTION;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; COPPER; CRUSTACEA; DIET; EATING; FEMALE; LETHAL DOSE 50; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SOFTWARE; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION;

ANIMALIA; ISOPODA; PHTHIRAPTERA; PORCELLIO SCABER;

COPPER; FOOD CONSUMPTION; GROWTH RATE; REPRODUCTION; TOXICITY;

EID: 0030322392     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900230     Document Type: Article

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