Woodlouse locomotor behavior in the assessment of clean and contaminated field sites

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2309-2314

  Bayley, Mark ^a   Baatrup, Erik ^a   Bjerregaard, Poul ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Discriminant analysis; Environmental monitoring; Health biomarker; Locomotor behavior; Woodlice

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; NICKEL; ZINC;

HEAVY METAL; IRON FOUNDRY; LOCOMOTOR BEHAVIOUR; WOODLOUSE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEAVY METAL POISONING; LOCOMOTION; LOUSE; METAL INDUSTRY; NONHUMAN; PEST CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTION;

ANIMALIA; ASELLUS; ISOPODA; ONISCIDEA; ONISCUS ASELLUS; PHTHIRAPTERA;

EID: 0030865527     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1997)016<2309:WLBITA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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