Sensitivity of the freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium lanchesteri (Crustacea: Decapoda), to heavy metals

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 523-530

  Shuhaimi Othman, Mohammad ^a   Yakub, Nadzifah ^a   Ramle, Nur Amalina ^a   Abas, Ahmad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; heavy metals; mortality; prawn; toxicity

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; FRESH WATER; LEAD; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LD 50; MACROBRACHIUM LANCHESTERI; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; LETHAL DOSE 50; METALS, HEAVY; PALAEMONIDAE; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MACROBRACHIUM LANCHESTERI;

EID: 79959791470     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748233710391993     Document Type: Article

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