Leg deformities of oribatid mites as an indicator of environmental pollution

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 4771-4776

  Eeva, Tapio ^a   Penttinen, Ritva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acidification; Bio indicator; Environmental pollution; Heavy metals; Oribatid mites; Skeletal abnormalities

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; BIO-INDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; ORIBATID MITES; SKELETAL ABNORMALITIES;

CALCIUM; HEAVY METALS; METALS; SOILS;

POLLUTION;

CALCIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; NICKEL;

ABNORMALITY; ACIDIFICATION; ACIDITY; BIOINDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HEAVY METAL; MITE; PH; POLLUTION EFFECT; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FINLAND; LEG MALFORMATION; MICROSCOPY; MITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETON MALFORMATION; SOIL ACIDITY; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXTREMITIES; FINLAND; METALS, HEAVY; MITES; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

ACARI; CHAMOBATES CUSPIDATUS; ORIBATIDA;

EID: 67349203931     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.05.013     Document Type: Article

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