Behavioral response in the terrestrial isopod Porcellio scaber (Crustacea) offered a choice of uncontaminated and cadmium-contaminated food

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 493-502

  Zidar, Primož ^a   Božič, Janko ^a   Štrus, Jasna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Avoidance response; Consumption rate; Food choice; Video tracking

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM;

AVOIDANCE REACTION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CADMIUM; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; ISOPOD;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSTACEA; DRY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; GROWTH; ISOPODA; MALE; MOLTING; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BODY BURDEN; CADMIUM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CONTAMINATION; ISOPODA; MOLTING;

ANIMALIA; CRUSTACEA; ISOPODA; PORCELLIO SCABER;

EID: 26444519917     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-005-0005-9     Document Type: Article

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