Effect of cadmium on the embryos and juveniles of a tropical freshwater snail, Physa acuta (Draparnaud, 1805)

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 7 pt 6, 1998, Pages 263-270

  Cheung, C C C ^a   Lam, P K S ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Early life stages; Freshwater snail; Heavy metal; Physa

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; ECOLOGY; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTION;

ECOTOXICOLOGICAL TESTS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

CADMIUM; HEAVY METAL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO GROWTH; HATCHING; NONHUMAN; SNAIL; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALIA; BASOMMATOPHORA; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; PHYSA; PHYSA ACUTA;

EID: 0031761833     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(98)00626-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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