A laboratory assay for measuring feeding and mortality of the marine wood borer Limnoria under forced feeding conditions: A basis for a standard test method

International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 289-296

  Borges, L M S ^a,b   Cragg, S M ^a   Busch, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Laboratory trials; Limnoria quadripunctata; Screening tests; Test conditions; Wooden materials

Indexed keywords

FEEDING; LABORATORIES; MATERIALS; MATERIALS TESTING; ORE PELLETS; PELLETIZING; WOOD;

LABORATORY TRIALS; LIMNORIA QUADRIPUNCTATA; SCREENING TESTS; TEST CONDITIONS; WOODEN MATERIALS;

TESTING;

BIOASSAY; CONIFEROUS TREE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; ISOPOD; LABORATORY METHOD; MOLT; MORTALITY; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TESTING METHOD; WOOD;

DEGRADATION; EMISSION; FEEDING; MARINE BORERS; ORE; PELLETING; PRESERVATIVES; TESTING; UNDERWATER CONSTRUCTION; WOOD PRESERVATION;

CRUSTACEA; LIMNORIA; LIMNORIA QUADRIPUNCTATA; LIMNORIIDAE; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 60449104914     PISSN: 09648305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibiod.2008.10.007     Document Type: Article

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