Food selection as a means of Cu intake reduction in the terrestrial isopod Porcellio scaber (Crustacea, Isopoda)

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 257-265

  Zidar, P ^a   Drobne, D ^a   Strus J ^a   Van Gestel, C A M ^b   Donker, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Copper toxicity; Food selection; Isopoda; Soil invertebrates

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CRUSTACEA; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPODA; POPULUS BEROLINENSIS; PORCELLIO; PORCELLIO SCABER;

EID: 1242288436     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2003.09.005     Document Type: Article

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