Morphological responses of Daphnia pulex to Chaoborus americanus kairomone in the presence and absence of metals

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1311-1316

  Hunter, Kim ^a   Pyle, Greg ^a  

^a NIPISSING UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chaoborus americanus; Chemical communication; Daphnia pulex; Morphological antipredator defense; Predatory kairomone

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; CONTAMINATION; COPPER; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS;

MORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION PATHWAYS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; COPPER; KAIROMONE; METAL; NICKEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; COMMUNICATION; FISH; HEAVY METAL; KAIROMONE; MORPHOLOGY;

CHAOBORUS AMERICANUS; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DAPHNIA; FISH; FLEA; LARVA; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOOTH;

ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; COPPER; DAPHNIA; DIPTERA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; METALS; NICKEL; PHEROMONES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOOTH; WATER POLLUTANTS;

ANIMALIA; CHAOBORUS; CHAOBORUS AMERICANUS; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA PULEX; PULEX; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 2442456746     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/03-369     Document Type: Conference Paper

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