Avoidance of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-contaminated sediments by the freshwater invertebrates Gammarus pulex and Asellus aquaticus

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 452-457

  De Lange, Hendrika J ^a   Sperber, Veerle ^a   Peeters, Edwin T H M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asellidae; Behavior; Gammaridae; Pollution; Response

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; GROWTH KINETICS; IMPURITIES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEDIMENTS;

ASELLIDAE; BEHAVIOR; GAMMARIDAE; RESPONSE;

SOIL CONDITIONERS;

BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; CHRYSENE; FLUORANTHENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE;

AVOIDANCE REACTION; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PAH; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSELUS AQUATICUS; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS PULEX; HABITAT SELECTION; INVERTEBRATE; ISOPODA; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; ISOPODA; LOCOMOTION; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALIA; ASELLIDAE; ASELLUS AQUATICUS; GAMMARIDAE; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS PULEX; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPODA;

EID: 31144459033     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/05-413.1     Document Type: Article

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