Phototaxis index of Daphnia carinata as an indicator of joint toxicity of copper, cadmium, zinc, nitrogen and phosphorus in aqueous solutions

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 69-74

  Wu, Yonggui ^a,b,d   Lin, Chuxia ^a,c   Yuan, Ling ^d  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUIZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Daphnia; Heavy metal; Joint toxicity; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Phototaxis index

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; HEAVY METALS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SOLUTIONS;

DAPHNIA; JOINT TOXICITY; PHOTOTAXIS INDEX;

TOXICITY;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; BIOASSAY; CADMIUM; COPPER; CRUSTACEAN; ECOTOXICOLOGY; MORTALITY; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PHOTOTAXIS; POLLUTION EFFECT; TOXICITY; ZINC;

DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA CARINATA;

EID: 35148828628     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2007.01.006     Document Type: Article

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