Electrophoretic evidence of esterase inhibition in larval caddisflies exposed to inorganic mercury

Water Environment Research

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 240-243

  Benton, Michael J ^a,c   Guttman, Sheldon I ^b  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

electrophoresis; esterase; inhibition; mercury; Trichoptera

Indexed keywords

ESTERASE; FRESH WATER; MERCURY;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; DENSITOMETRY; ECOTOXICITY; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

NECTOPSYCHE ALBIDA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 0030965454     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143097X125407     Document Type: Article

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