Local anthropogenic contamination affects the fecundity and reproductive success of an Arctic amphipod

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 419, Issue , 2010, Pages 121-128

  Bach, Lis ^a,b   Fischer, Astrid ^a,c   Strand, Jakob ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Embryo aberrations; Embryo development; Greenland; Orchomenella pinguis

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BENTHOS; BIOINDICATOR; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FECUNDITY; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; WEST GREENLAND;

ORCHOMENELLA PINGUIS;

EID: 78650117368     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08872     Document Type: Article

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