Ammonia toxicity to the freshwater invertebrates Polycelis felina (Planariidae, Turbellaria) and Echinogammarus echinosetosus (Gammaridae, Crustacea)

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 15, Issue 12 B, 2006, Pages 1578-1583

  Alonso, Álvaro ^a,b   Camargo, Julio A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b INIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amphipod; Invertebrates; Planarian; Safe level; Toxicity; Unionized ammonia

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BIOINDICATOR; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CRUSTACEAN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FLATWORM; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; MOBILITY; MORTALITY; MOVEMENT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY; ZOOBENTHOS;

AMPHIPODA; CRUSTACEA; ECHINOGAMMARUS ECHINOSETOSUS; GAMMARIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; PLANARIA; PLANARIIDAE; POLYCELIS FELINA; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 33846289275     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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