Evaluation of mercury-induced changes in circadian heart rate rhythms in the freshwater crab, Potamon potamios and the crayfish, Astacus astacus as an early predictor of mortality

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Physiology

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 349-356

  Styrishave, Bjarne ^a   Depledge, Michael R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Astacus astacus; circadian rhythm; crayfish; freshwater crabs; heart rate; mercury; Potamon potamios

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRAB; CRAYFISH; HEART RATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASTACUS ASTACUS; POTAMON POTAMIOS;

EID: 0030443443     PISSN: 03009629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9629(96)00105-3     Document Type: Article

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