Low impact of metal pollution on genetic variation in the earthworm Dendrobaena octaedra measured by allozymes

Pedobiologia

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-60

  Simonsen, Vibeke ^a   Laskowski, Ryszard ^b   Bayley, Mark ^a   Holmstrup, Martin ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Dendrobaena octaedra; Genetic diversity; Isozymes; Metal polluted areas

Indexed keywords

ALLOZYME; EARTHWORM; GENETIC VARIATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METAL; POLLUTION EFFECT; POPULATION DENSITY; TOXICITY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GUSUM; MALOPOLSKIE; NORTHERN EUROPE; OLKUSZ; OSTERGOTLAND; POLAND; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

DENDROBAENA OCTAEDRA;

EID: 44649109621     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2008.02.003     Document Type: Article

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