Effects of acute gamma irradiation on Folsomia candida (Collembola) in a standard test

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 590-596

  Nakamori, Taizo ^a   Yoshida, Satoshi ^a   Kubota, Yoshihisa ^a   Ban nai, Tadaaki ^a   Kaneko, Nobuhiro ^b   Hasegawa, Makiko ^c   Itoh, Ryosaku ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dose effect relationship; Growth; Non human biota; Radiological protection; Reproduction; Soil invertebrate; Springtails; Survival

Indexed keywords

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; GAMMA RAY RADIATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; INSECT; IONIZATION; IRRADIATION; REPRODUCTION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SURVIVAL; TESTING METHOD;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ECOSYSTEM; FOLSOMIA CANDIDA; GAMMA IRRADIATION; GROWTH; INVERTEBRATE; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION; REPRODUCTION; SOIL MICROFLORA; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; GAMMA RAYS; INSECTS; OVIPOSITION; OVUM;

COLLEMBOLA; FOLSOMIA CANDIDA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 50949125777     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2007.10.029     Document Type: Article

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