Genetic responses of Isonychia bicolor (Ephemeroptera:Isonychiidae) to chronic mercury pollution

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 651-663

  Snyder, C D ^a,b   Hendricks, A C ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LEETOWN SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Allozymes; Boindicators; Genetic responses; Isonychia bicolor; Mercury

Indexed keywords

GENOTYPIC VARIATION; HEAVY METAL TOLERANCE; MERCURY;

SOUTH RIVER; USA; VIRGINIA;

ARTHROPODA; EPHEMEROPTERA; ISONYCHIA BICOLOR; ISONYCHIIDAE;

EID: 0030955291     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1468151     Document Type: Article

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