Transfer of microcontaminants from sediment to chironomids, and the risk for the Pond bat Myotis dasycneme (Chiroptera) preying on them

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 363-376

  Reinhold, J O ^a   Hendriks, A J ^b   Slager, L K ^c   Ohm, M ^d  

^a Bat Research Office   (Netherlands)

^b INST INLAND WATER MGMT WASTE W   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^d Ministry of Transport Public Works and Water Management Netherlands   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Bats; Chironomidae; Chiroptera; Food chain transfer; Heavy metals; Myotis dasycneme; PAHs; PCBs; Pesticides; Sediment

Indexed keywords

MYOTIS DASYCNEME;

EID: 0033499916     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009958028204     Document Type: Article

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