Altered locomotory behavior in woodlice (Oniscus asellus (L.)) collected at a polluted site

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 685-690

  Sørensen, Freddy F ^a   Weeks, Jason M ^b   Baatrup, Erik ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Locomotory behavior; Metabolism; Video tracking; Woodlouse

Indexed keywords

GLYCOGEN; HEAVY METAL; PLASTIC; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ECOTOXICITY; GLYCOGEN ANALYSIS; INVERTEBRATE; LOCOMOTION; LOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION;

ASELLUS; INVERTEBRATA; ONISCIDEA; ONISCUS ASELLUS; PHTHIRAPTERA;

EID: 0030999248     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1997)016<0685:ALBIWO>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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