Effects of the organochlorine insecticide lindane (γ-C6H6Cl6) on the population responses of the freshwater amphipod Hyalella azteca

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1264-1269

  Blockwell, Stephen J ^a   Maund, Stephen J ^b   Pascoe, David ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b JEALOTT S HILL RESEARCH STATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavior; Hyalella azteca; Lindane; Precopulatory guarding; Sublethal toxicity

Indexed keywords

LINDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE INSECTICIDE;

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; INSECTICIDE; ORGANOCHLORINE; POPULATION ECOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALIA; AZTECA; HYALELLA AZTECA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032955496     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1999)018<1264:EOTOIL>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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