Dietary assimilation of cadmium associated with bacterial exopolymer sediment coatings by the estuarine amphipod Leptocheirus plumulosus: Effects of Cd concentration and salinity

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 183, Issue , 1999, Pages 205-216

  Schlekat, Christian E ^a,b   Decho, Alan W ^a   Chandler, G Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Cadmium; Exopolysaccharides; Leptocheirus plumulosus; Salinity

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; DIET; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

AMPHIPODA; LEPTOCHEIRUS PLUMULOSUS;

EID: 0033529344     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps183205     Document Type: Article

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