Absence of cadmium excretion and high assimilation result in cadmium biomagnification in a wolf spider

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 287-292

  Hendrickx, Frederik ^a   Maelfait, Jean Pierre ^b   Langenbick, Francis ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Assimilation; Biomagnification; Cd; Terrestrial food chain; Wolf spiders

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM;

BIOACCUMULATION; CADMIUM; SPIDER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; DROSOPHILA; EXCRETION; FOOD CHAIN; NONHUMAN; SPIDER; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ARANEAE; CANIS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; LYCOSIDAE; PIRATA; PIRATA PIRATICUS;

EID: 0037530302     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0147-6513(02)00129-X     Document Type: Article

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