Anaerobic capacity of a crustacean sensitive to low environmental oxygen tensions, the freshwater amphipod Gammarus pulex (L.)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 477, Issue , 2002, Pages 189-194

  Spicer, John I ^a   Dando, C Lucy ^b   Maltby, Lorraine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crustacea; Freshwater; Hypoxia sensitive; L lactate

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; METABOLISM; MICROORGANISMS; PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS;

FRESHWATER SOURCES;

SURFACE WATERS;

CRUSTACEAN; HYPOXIA; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE;

AMPHIPODA; CRUSTACEA; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS PULEX; PULEX;

EID: 0036624701     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021063225668     Document Type: Article

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