Tolerance of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans to pH, salinity, and hardness in aquatic media

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 110-114

  Khanna, N ^a   Cressman III, C P ^a   Tatara, C P ^b   Williams, P L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; EFFLUENT; ESTUARY; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; BICARBONATES; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CALCIUM CARBONATE; FRESH WATER; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; POISONING; QUALITY CONTROL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0031030568     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002449900162     Document Type: Article

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