Effects of a pharmaceutical mixture at environmentally relevant concentrations on the amphipod Gammarus fossarum

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 196-203

  Dietrich, Sabine ^a   Dammel, Shana ^a   Ploessl, Florian ^a   Bracher, Franz ^a   Laforsch, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amphipoda; Life history traits; Micropollutants.

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BODY SIZE; DRUG; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MOLT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; TOXICITY TEST;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALIA; GAMMARIDAE; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS FOSSARUM;

EID: 77649281951     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF09048     Document Type: Article

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