Chronic exposure of Leptocheirus plumulosus to Baltimore Harbor sediment: Bioenergetic and population-level effects

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 116-130

  Manyin, Teresa ^a   Rowe, Christopher L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioenergetics; Chronic exposure; Ecotoxicology; Leptocheirus plumulosus; Microcosm; Population growth; Sediments; Sublethal effects

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; CONTAMINATION; GROWTH KINETICS; HEAVY METALS; LIPIDS; METABOLISM; MICROORGANISMS; SEDIMENTS;

BIOENERGETICS; CHRONIC EXPOSURE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; LEPTOCHEIRUS PLUMULOSUS; MICROCOSM; POPULATION GROWTH; SUBLETHAL EFFECTS;

WATER POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; LIPID; MERCURY; NICKEL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; ZINC;

AMPHIPOD; BIOENERGETICS; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; HEAVY METAL; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PAH; PCB; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SUBLETHAL EFFECT;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; BIOMASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GROUPS BY AGE; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RETARDATION; LABORATORY; LEPTOCHEIRUS PLUMULOSUS; LIFE CYCLE; LIPID COMPOSITION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; METABOLIC RATE; MICROCOSM; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PARENT; POLLUTION; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION; SEDIMENT; SEXUAL MATURATION; TOXICOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; BALTIMORE; BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; REPRODUCTION; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BALTIMORE HARBOR; MARYLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIPODA; LEPTOCHEIRUS PLUMULOSUS;

EID: 33745676833     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2006.03.006     Document Type: Article

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