Low levels of copper reduce the reproductive success of a mobile invertebrate predator

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 336-346

  Lee, Ka Man ^a   Johnston, Emma L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Barnacles; Copper; Flatworms; Reproductive success; Stylochus pygmaeus

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; COPPER; TOXIC MATERIALS; WATER POLLUTION;

BARNACLES; FLATWORMS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; STYLOCHUS PYGMAEUS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

COPPER;

ARTHROPOD; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIVALVE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COPPER; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FLATWORM; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE POLLUTION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREDATOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BARNACLE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EGG LAYING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; INVERTEBRATE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; PLATYHELMINTH; PREDATOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; STYLOCHUS PYGMAEUS; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; COPPER; PLATYHELMINTHS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION; THORACICA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BALANUS VARIEGATUS; BIVALVIA; INVERTEBRATA; PLATYHELMINTHES; STYLOCHUS; THORACICA;

EID: 34547221930     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2007.02.004     Document Type: Article

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