Morphologic and growth responses in Chironomus tentans to arsenic exposure

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 529-536

  Martinez, E A ^a   Wold, L ^b   Moore, B C ^c   Schaumloffel, J ^d   Dasgupta, N ^c  

^a NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LDC Design Group   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; HEAVY METAL;

ARSENIC; BIOASSAY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROWTH RESPONSE; HEAVY METAL; INSECT; LARVA; MORPHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BODY GROWTH; BODY SIZE; CEPHALOMETRY; CHIRONOMIDAE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; LARVA; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ANIMALS; ARSENIC; CHIRONOMIDAE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GROWTH; LARVA;

CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS TENTANS;

EID: 33750088962     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-005-0308-0     Document Type: Article

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