Use of clove oil to anaesthetize freshwater amphipods

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 568, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 425-432

  Venarsky, Michael P ^a   Wilhelm, Frank M ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic; Endangered species; Gammarus acherondytes; Gammarus minus; Invertebrate

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETICS; BIODIVERSITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ETHANOL; SURFACE WATERS;

ANAESTHETIC; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GAMMARUS ACHERONDYTES; GAMMARUS MINUS; INVERTEBRATE;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

AMPHIPOD; BODY SIZE; ENDANGERED SPECIES;

ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIPODA; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS ACHERONDYTES; GAMMARUS MINUS; SYZYGIUM AROMATICUM;

EID: 33746822667     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0225-x     Document Type: Article

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