Effect of pulsed exposure to heavy metals (copper and cadmium) on some population variables of Brachionus calyciflorus Pallas (Rotifera: Brachionidae: Monogononta)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 593, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 201-208

  Gama Flores, Jose Luis ^a   Castellanos Paez, Maria Elena ^a   Sarma, S S S ^b   Nandini, S ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE SISTEMAS BIOLÓGICOS   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Egg hatching; Egg ratio; Heavy metal; Morphometry; Pulsed exposure; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROWTH KINETICS; HEAVY METALS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TOXICITY;

BRACHIONUS CALYCIFLORUS; EGG HATCHING; EGG RATIO; MORPHOMETRY; PULSED EXPOSURE;

BIODIVERSITY;

BODY SIZE; CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; FLATWORM; HATCHING; MORPHOMETRY; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; TOXICITY TEST;

ANIMALIA; BRACHIONIDAE; BRACHIONUS CALYCIFLORUS; LORICA; MONOGONONTA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 34548440346     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-9042-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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