Effects of nutrient enrichment, depuration substrate, and body size on the trophic transfer of cadmium associated with microalgae to the benthic amphipod Leptocheirus plumulosus

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 3065-3072

  Yu, Ri Qing ^a   Fleeger, John W ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Leptocheirus plumulosus; Nutrient enrichment; Suspension feeding benthic food webs; Trophic transfer

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CELLS; NUTRITION; SUBSTRATES; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

LEPTOCHEIRUS PLUMULOSUS; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; SUSPENSION FEEDING BENTHIC FOOD WEBS; TROPHIC TRANSFER;

ALGAE;

CADMIUM;

AMPHIPOD; ASSIMILATION EFFICIENCY; BIOAVAILABILITY; BODY SIZE; CADMIUM; DEPURATION; EUTROPHICATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; MICROALGA; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT;

AMPHIPODA; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BODY SIZE; LEPTOCHEIRUS PLUMULOSUS; MICROALGA; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CADMIUM; DIATOMS; DIET; FOOD CHAIN; NITRATES; PHOSPHATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ALGAE; AMPHIPODA; INVERTEBRATA; ISOCHRYSIS GALBANA; LEPTOCHEIRUS PLUMULOSUS; NITZSCHIA PUNCTATA; THALASSIOSIRA WEISSFLOGII;

EID: 33846156840     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/06-029R.1     Document Type: Article

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