Use of the oligochaete, Lumbriculus variegatus, as a prey organism for toxicant exposure of fish through the diet

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2760-2767

  Mount, David R ^a   Highland, Terry L ^a   Mattson, Vincent R ^a   Dawson, Timothy D ^b   Lott, Kevin G ^b   Ingersoll, Christopher G ^c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b Wilson Environmental Laboratories Inc   (United States)

^c Jackson Field Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Dietary exposure; Fish nutrition; Lumbriculus variegatus; Toxicology methods

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; FISHERIES; MICROORGANISMS; NUTRITION; PROTEINS;

DIETARY EXPOSURE; FISH NUTRITION; LUMBRICULUS VARIEGATUS; TOXICOLOGY METHODS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

AMINO ACID; PROTEIN;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; ANNELID; DIET; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FISH; GROWTH RATE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREY AVAILABILITY; SURVIVAL; TOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; GROWTH CURVE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAINBOW TROUT; ANIMAL; CYPRINIFORMES; DIET; PREDATION;

ANOSTRACA; ARTEMIA; LUMBRICULUS VARIEGATUS; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; SALMONIDAE;

ANIMALS; CYPRINIDAE; DIET; OLIGOCHAETA; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33845393545     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/06-138.1     Document Type: Article

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