Effect of lead pollution on testate amoebae communities living in Sphagnum fallax: An experimental study

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 130-138

  Nguyen Viet, H ^a   Bernard, N ^a   Mitchell, E A D ^b   Badot, P M ^a   Gilbert, D ^a  

^a université Bourgogne Franche Comté   (France)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Diversity; Lead; Microcosm study; Sphagnum fallax; Testacean

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMASS; BIOMONITORING; DIVERSITY INDEX; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LEAD; MOSS; PROTIST; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AMOEBA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH RATE; MOSS; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; LEAD; PROTOZOA; SPHAGNOPSIDA; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BRYOPHYTA; SPHAGNUM FALLAX; TESTACEALOBOSIA;

EID: 36448973844     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2007.02.007     Document Type: Article

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