Effects of copper on energy metabolism and larval development in the midge Chironomus riparius

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 229-240

  Servia, María J ^a,b,c   Péry, Alexandre R R ^b   Heydorff, Micheline ^a   Garric, Jeanne ^b   Lagadic, Laurent ^a  

^a AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c Station of Hydrobiology Encoro do Con   (Spain)

Author keywords

Copper; Energy yielding substrates; Growth; Lipids; Midge larvae; Sugars

Indexed keywords

COPPER; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; GLYCOGEN; SUGAR; TREHALOSE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

COPPER; EGG PRODUCTION; FLY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; METABOLISM; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISSECTION; EGG; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENERGY TRANSFER; FEMALE; FLY; LARVA; MALE; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT;

ANIMALS; CHIRONOMIDAE; COPPER; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GLUCOSE; GLYCOGEN; LARVA; MALE; TREHALOSE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CHIRONOMUS RIPARIUS; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI;

EID: 33744775062     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-005-0054-0     Document Type: Article

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