Relationship between exposure to an insecticide and fluctuating asymmetry in a damselfly (Odonata, Coenagriidae)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 586, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 213-220

  Chang, Xiaoli ^a   Zhai, Baoping ^a   Wang, Min ^b   Wang, Beixin ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shanxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Fluctuating asymmetry; Mortality; Odonata; Pesticide; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

BONE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); WATER; WATER POLLUTION;

BIOMONITORING; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; MORTALITY; ODONATA;

INSECTICIDES;

BIOMONITORING; BODY SIZE; DAMSELFLY; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; INSECTICIDE; MORTALITY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; WATER POLLUTION;

CERIAGRION; COENAGRIONIDAE; ODONATA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 34249096207     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-0620-y     Document Type: Article

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