Chapter 15 Nematodes

Trace Metals and other Contaminants in the Environment

Volumn 6, Issue C, 2003, Pages 529-554

  Höss, Sebastian ^a   Traunspurger, Walter ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

bioassay; Caenorhabditis elegans; cluster analysis; community structure; feeding types; heavy metals; k dominance; maturity index; meiobenthos; model ecosystem; multidimensional scaling; nematoda; oil spill; pentachlorphenol; pollution; sediment; soil

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; METAZOA; NEMATODA;

EID: 77956685956     PISSN: 18751121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-5215(03)80145-5     Document Type: Article

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