Application of growth-related sublethal endpoints in ecotoxicological assessments using a harpacticoid copepod

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 433-438

  Dahl, Ulrika ^a   Gorokhova, Elena ^a   Breitholtz, Magnus ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Body length; Crustacea; Development time; ERA; Growth rate; RNA content

Indexed keywords

SIMVASTATIN;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOTOXICOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; COPEPOD; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; INVERTEBRATE; LETHALITY; NITOCRA SPINIPES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RNA ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; COPEPODA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; MORTALITY; RNA; SIMVASTATIN; TIME FACTORS; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; HARPACTICOIDA; INVERTEBRATA; NITOCRA SPINIPES;

EID: 33646154669     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2006.01.014     Document Type: Article

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