Effects of sublethal abiotic stressors on population growth and genetic diversity of Pellioditis marina (Nematoda) from the Westerschelde estuary

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 110-119

  Derycke, Sofie ^a   Hendrickx, Frederik ^a   Backeljau, Thierry ^b,c   D'Hondt, Sofie ^a   Camphijn, Lindsy ^a   Vincx, Magda ^a   Moens, Tom ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bottleneck; Genetic diversity; mt DNA; Nematode; Pollution

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CADMIUM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NEMATODE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; POPULATION DECLINE; SALINITY; SUBLETHAL EFFECT;

ABIOTIC STRESS; ARTICLE; CONFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA STRAND; ESTUARY; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PELLIODITIS MARINA; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CADMIUM; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPES; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; RHABDITOIDEA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TIME FACTORS; VARIATION (GENETICS); WATER POLLUTANTS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE; WESTERSCHELDE;

NEMATODA; PELLIODITIS MARINA;

EID: 33947596695     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2007.02.002     Document Type: Article

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