Lake pH and aluminum concentration: Consequences for developmental stability of the water strider Rheumatobates rileyi (Hemiptera: Gerridae)

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 157-161

  Drover, S ^a   Leung, B ^a   Forbes, M R ^a   Mallory, M L ^b   McNicol, D K ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; ALUMINUM; CANADA; ENVIRONMENT; LAKE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ALUMINUM; BIOINDICATOR; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; INSECT; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PH;

CANADA;

GERRIDAE; HETEROPTERA; RHEUMATOBATES RILEYI;

EID: 0033379546     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjz-77-1-157     Document Type: Article

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