The effect of seasonality and body size on the sensitivity of marine amphipods to toxicants

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 548-552

  Pérez Landa, Víctor ^a,b   Belzunce, María Jesús ^a   Franco, Javier ^a  

^a MARINE RESEARCH DIVISION   (Spain)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Cadmium; Corophium; Toxicity tests

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA TOXICITIES; AMMONIUM; BODY SIZES; COROPHIUM; SEASONALITY; THREE BODIES; TOXICITY TESTS;

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM; TOXICITY;

ANTHROPOMETRY;

AMMONIA; CADMIUM;

AMPHIPODA; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; LC 50; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AMMONIA; AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CADMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; LETHAL DOSE 50; SEASONS;

AMPHIPODA; COROPHIUM; COROPHIUM MULTISETOSUM;

EID: 55349148985     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-008-9550-2     Document Type: Article

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