Effects of contaminants in the Antarctic environment - Potential of the gammarid amphipod crustacean Paramorea walkeri as a biological indicator for Antarctic ecosystems based on toxicity and bioacccumulation of copper and cadmium

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 49, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 131-143

  Duquesne, S ^a   Riddle, M ^b   Schulz, R ^c   Liess, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antarctic; Bioaccumulation; Biological indicator; Exposure; Gammarid; Heavy metal; Prediction; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; CADMIUM; COPPER; CRUSTACEAN; TOXICITY TEST;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CRUSTACEA; ECOSYSTEM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANTARCTICA;

AMPHIPODA; PARAMOREA WALKERI;

EID: 0034016278     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-445X(99)00067-3     Document Type: Article

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