Mercury toxicity in the aquatic oligochaete Sparganophilus pearsei: I. Variation in resistance among populations

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 184-189

  Vidal, D E ^a   Horne, A J ^b  

^a SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATER RESEARCH PROJECT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; MERCURY;

MERCURY (ELEMENT); TOXICITY TEST; WATERSHED;

ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; HEAVY METAL POISONING; LC 50; MERCURIALISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; LETHAL DOSE 50; MERCURY; OLIGOCHAETA; WATER POLLUTANTS;

ANIMALIA; ANNELIDA; INVERTEBRATA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); SPARGANOPHILUS;

EID: 0042868479     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-003-0119-0     Document Type: Article

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