Effects of copper and zinc on embryos and larvae of the horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 25-32

  Botton, M L ^a,b   Johnson, K ^a   Helleby, L ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; HEAVY METAL; ZINC;

COPPER; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; POLLUTION EFFECTS; SURVIVAL; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ESTUARY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LIMULUS; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

USA, NEW JERSEY;

ANIMALIA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LIMULUS; LIMULUS POLYPHEMUS; MEROSTOMATA; POLYPHEMUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031749574     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002449900344     Document Type: Article

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