Effects of heavy metals on population growth and metallothionein gene expression in the mosquito Culex quinquefasciatus, from Calcutta, India

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 183-193

  Sarkar, Sagartirtha ^a,c   Duttagupta, Asish K ^a   Mal, Tarun K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^b CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Copper; Ecological indicator; Metallothionein gene; Seasonal fluctuation; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; GENES; HEAVY METALS;

WATER BODIES;

WATER POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; METALLOTHIONEIN; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; EFFLUENT; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HATCHING; HOUSEHOLD; INDIA; INDUSTRY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GROWTH; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; SURVIVAL; TRAFFIC; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS;

EID: 0942290335     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2003.08.005     Document Type: Article

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