Relative toxicological importance of aqueous and dietary metal exposure to a freshwater crustacean: Implications for risk assessment

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1795-1801

  Wilding, Joanna ^a   Maltby, Lorraine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amphipoda; Feeding inhibition; Gammarus pulex; Zinc

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOOD PRODUCTS; WATER POLLUTION; ZINC;

AMPHIPODA; FEEDING INHIBITION; GAMMARUS PULEX;

TOXICITY;

ZINC;

AMPHIPOD; BIOACCUMULATION; DIET; INHIBITION; MORTALITY RISK; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICOLOGY; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GAMMARUS; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; CRUSTACEA; DIET; FRESH WATER; RISK ASSESSMENT; ZINC;

AMPHIPODA; CRUSTACEA; GAMMARUS PULEX;

EID: 33750542786     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/05-316R1.1     Document Type: Article

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