Effects of metal contamination on the activity and diversity of carabid beetles in an ancient Pb-Zn mining area at Plombières (Belgium)

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 355-360

  Lock, Koen ^a   Desender, Konjev ^b   Janssen, Colin R ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Carabidae; Zinc exposure

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; SPECIES DIVERSITY; ZINC;

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0034931949     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.2001.00835.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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