Observed differences in life history characteristics of nematodes Aphelenchus and Acrobeloides upon exposure to copper and benzo(a)pyrene

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 419-429

  Li, Fafeng ^a   Neher, Deborah A ^b   Darby, Brian J ^b   Weicht, Thomas R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental monitoring; Fecundity; LC50; Maturity index; Nematodes

Indexed keywords

BENZO[A]PYRENE; COPPER;

COPPER; LIFE HISTORY; MATURATION; MONITORING; NEMATODE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PYRENE;

ACROBELOIDES; APHELENCHUS; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; EGG SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HATCHING; HYPHOMYCETES; HYPOTHESIS; LC 50; LIFE HISTORY; METAL TOLERANCE; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SOIL POLLUTANT; SOIL POLLUTION; TEMPERATURE; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; BENZO(A)PYRENE; COPPER; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LETHAL DOSE 50; MALE; NEMATODA; SURVIVAL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ACROBELOIDES; APHELENCHUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEMATODA; THANATEPHORUS CUCUMERIS;

EID: 23744488533     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-004-1347-4     Document Type: Article

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