Importance of exposure route for behavioural responses in Lumbriculus variegatus Müller (Oligochaeta: Lumbriculida) in short-term exposures to Pb

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 430-434

  Gerhardt, Almut ^a,b,c  

^a LimCo International   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Lead; Locomotory activity; Multispecies Freshwater Biomonitor ; Whole sediment test

Indexed keywords

LEAD; WATER;

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; EARTHWORM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; LEAD; LOCOMOTION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TEST;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LEAD; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OLIGOCHAETA; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; ANNELIDA; LUMBRICULIDA; LUMBRICULUS VARIEGATUS; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA);

EID: 35548956867     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1065/espr2006.12.371     Document Type: Article

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