Influence of 4-nonylphenol on the structure of nematode communities in freshwater microcosms

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1268-1275

  Höss, Sebastian ^a   Traunspurger, Walter ^b   Severin, Gabriele F ^c   Jüttner, Ingrid ^c   Pfister, Gerd ^c   Schramm, Karl Werner ^c  

^a Ecossa (Ecological Sediment and Soil Assessment)   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Feeding types; Microcosms; Nematode communities; Nonylphenol; Species composition

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; PHENOLS; SAMPLING; SEDIMENTS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

MATURITY INDICES (MI); MICROCOSMS; NEMATODE COMMUNITIES;

TOXICITY;

4 NONYLPHENOL;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; PHENOL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FEEDING; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; LIFE HISTORY; MICROCOSM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMALS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEMATODA; PHENOLS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; NEMATODA; PRODESMODORA; TOBRILUS;

EID: 2442620385     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/03-226     Document Type: Conference Paper

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