Locomotory behaviour in the freshwater amphipod Gammarus pulex exposed to the pyrethroid cypermethrin

Chemistry and Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 569-577

  Nørum, Ulrik ^a   Frederiksen, Mikkel A T ^b   Bjerregaard, Poul ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

cypermethrin; freshwater; Gammarus pulex; invertebrates; locomotory behaviour; pyrethroids

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYPERMETHRIN; ECOTOXICOLOGY; LOCOMOTION; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; TRACKING;

AMPHIPODA; GAMMARUS PULEX; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84858321845     PISSN: 02757540     EISSN: 10290370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02757540.2011.596831     Document Type: Article

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