Deformities in larval Prodiamesa olivacea (Meigen, 1818) (Diptera, Chironomidae) and their use as bioindicators of toxic sediment stress

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 385, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 153-162

  Servia, M J ^a   Cobo, F ^a   Gonzalez M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Chironomidae; Deformity; Diptera; Prodiamesa olivacea; Toxic sediment stress

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; TOXICITY;

CONTAMINATED LAND; LARVA; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOXICITY;

SPAIN;

CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS RIPARIUS; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PRODIAMESA; PRODIAMESA OLIVACEA;

EID: 0032431303     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1003466012110     Document Type: Article

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