A comparison of reproduction, growth and acute toxicity in two populations of Tubifex tubifex (Müller, 1774) from the North American Great Lakes and Northern Spain

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 334, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 199-206

  Reynoldson, Trefor B ^a   Rodriguez, Pilar ^b   Madrid, Maite Martinez ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cultures; Growth; Oligochaetes; Reproduction; T. tubifex; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ANNELIDA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); TUBIFEX TUBIFEX;

EID: 0030469309     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00017370     Document Type: Review

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