Behavioural and feeding responses of Echinogammarus meridionalis (Crustacea, Amphipoda) to acid mine drainage

Chemosphere

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1663-1670

  Macedo Sousa, Joaquim A ^a   Pestana, João L T ^a   Gerhardt, Almut ^a   Nogueira, António J A ^a   Soares, Amadeu M V M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Behavioural endpoints; Echinogammarus meridionalis; Feeding inhibition; Online biomonitor

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DRAINAGE; OXIDATION; POPULATION STATISTICS;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; BEHAVIOURAL ENDPOINTS; ECHINOGAMMARUS MERIDIONALIS; FEEDING INHIBITION; ONLINE BIOMONITOR;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

RIVER WATER;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DRAINAGE; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; OXIDATION; POPULATION STATISTICS;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; AMPHIPOD; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOMONITORING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; FEEDING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; METAL; MORTALITY; OXIDATION; PH; RIVER WATER; SULFIDE;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSTACEA; ECHINOGAMMARUS MERIDIONALIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LOCOMOTION; MINING; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; ONLINE MONITORING; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

AMPHIPODA; CRUSTACEA; ECHINOGAMMARUS;

EID: 33847101736     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.11.055     Document Type: Article

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