Individual and joint actions of selenate and methylmercury on the development and survival of insect detritivore Megaselia scalaris (Diptera: Phoridae)

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 523-530

  Jensen, P D ^a   Johnson, L R ^a   Trumble, J T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY; SELENATE;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENTOMOLOGY; FOOD WEB; INSECT; METHYLMERCURY; POLLUTANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SELENATE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEVELOPMENT; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; EGG; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOOD WEB; INSECT; LARVA; MEGASELIA SCALARIS; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; DRUG SYNERGISM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; LETHAL DOSE 50; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; REPRODUCTION; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS;

ARTHROPODA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MEGASELIA SCALARIS; PHORIDAE;

EID: 33645565566     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-005-0111-y     Document Type: Article

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