Gammarus aequicauda (Crustacea: Amphipoda): A potential test species in marine sediment toxicity assessment

Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 475-482

  Prato, Ermelinda ^a   Biandolino, Francesca ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Copper; Mediterranean Sea

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPODA; CRUSTACEA; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS AEQUICAUDA;

EID: 28844476084     PISSN: 14634988     EISSN: 15394077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14634980500362213     Document Type: Article

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