Laboratory culture and life-cycle experiments with the benthic amphipod Melita plumulosa (Zeidler)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2065-2073

  Hyne, Ross V ^a   Gale, Sharyn A ^b   King, Catherine K ^c  

^a OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphipod; Estuarine; Laboratory culture; Life history; Sediment

Indexed keywords

ESTUARIES; FEEDING; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEDIMENTS;

AMPHIPOD GROWTH; INVERTEBRATES; POPULATION DENSITIES; SEDIMENT PARTICLE SIZE;

TOXICITY;

AMPHIPOD; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; LIFE CYCLE; REARING; TOXICITY TEST;

AMPHIPODA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BENTHOS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTUARY; FEEDING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HATCHING; INVERTEBRATE; LABORATORY TEST; LIFE CYCLE; LIFESPAN; MELITA PLUMULOSA; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; SEDIMENT; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE; TOXICITY TESTING;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; PARTICLE SIZE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TEMPERATURE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

INVERTEBRATA; MELITA; MELITA PLUMULOSA;

EID: 15944420401     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/04-409R1.1     Document Type: Article

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