Effect of water-borne zinc on osmoregulation in the freshwater amphipod Gammarus pulex (L.) from the populations that differ in their sensitivity to metal stress

Functional Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 242-247

  Spicer, J I ^a   Morritt, D ^a   Maltby, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amphipoda; Crustacea; Heavy metals; Population differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031858932     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1998.00177.x     Document Type: Article

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