Factors influencing the sensitivity of Gammarus aequicauda population from Mar Piccolo in Taranto (Southern Italy)

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 770-774

  Prato, Ermelinda ^a   Biandolino, Francesca ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Algal biomass; Gammarus aequicauda; Lipid content; Sensitivity; Temperature

Indexed keywords

LIPID; PHOSPHOLIPID; STEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ALGA; AMPHIPOD; BIOMASS; ECOTOXICOLOGY; LABORATORY METHOD; LIPID; SEASONALITY; STEROL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ALGAL COMMUNITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BIOMASS; DRY WEIGHT; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS AEQUICAUDA; ITALY; LABORATORY TEST; LC 50; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; WINTER;

ALGAE; AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ITALY; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SEASONS; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE; TRIGLYCERIDES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MAR PICCOLO; PUGLIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TARANTO;

ALGAE; GAMMARUS AEQUICAUDA;

EID: 59149107009     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2007.12.020     Document Type: Article

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