Sublethal Effects of Trace Metals (Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg) on Embryogenesis and Larval Settlement of the Ascidian Ciona intestinalis

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-66

  Bellas, J ^a,b   Beiras, R ^a   Vazquez E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b GÖTEBORG UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; MERCURY;

EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; TRACE METAL;

ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GAMETE; HATCHING; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; LARVA; LETHAL DOSE 50; METALS, HEAVY; UROCHORDATA; WATER POLLUTANTS;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 1642471975     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-003-0238-7     Document Type: Article

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