Behavioural response to the bioavailability of inorganic mercury in the hydrothermal mussel Bathymodiolus azoricus

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 505-513

  Kádár, Enikõ ^a   Costa, Valentina ^a   Santos, Ricardo S ^a   Lopes, Humberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bathymodiolus azoricus; Bivalve; Hydrothermal vents; Mercury; Shell gaping

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIVALVE; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; TIME; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; BIVALVIA; MERCURY; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS;

ANIMALIA; BATHYMODIOLUS AZORICUS; BIVALVIA;

EID: 14644412954     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01415     Document Type: Article

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