The effects of metals and food availability on the behavior of Caenorhabditis elegans

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 3049-3055

  Boyd, Windy A ^a   Cole, Russell D ^a   Anderson, Gary L ^a   Williams, Phillip L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Feeding; Ingestion; Metals; Movement

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOASSAY; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; COPPER; DENSITY (OPTICAL); LEAD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION;

FOOD AVAILABILITY; METAL EXPOSURE;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIOMONITORING; FEEDING; FOOD AVAILABILITY; INGESTION RATE; MOVEMENT; NEMATODE; SOIL POLLUTION; SUBLETHAL EFFECT;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTAMINATION; DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; INGESTION; MONITORING; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CADMIUM; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LEAD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STARVATION; WATER POLLUTANTS;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0345305705     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/02-565     Document Type: Article

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