The acute toxicity of lindane to Hyalella azteca and the development of a sublethal bioassay based on precopulatory guarding behavior

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 432-440

  Blockwell, S J ^a   Maund, S J ^b   Pascoe, D ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b JEALOTT S HILL RESEARCH STATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LINDANE;

BIOASSAY; INSECTICIDE; ORGANOCHLORINE; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CRUSTACEA; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALIA; AZTECA; CRUSTACEA; HYALELLA AZTECA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031683689     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002449900399     Document Type: Article

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