Avoidance of contaminated sediments by an amphipod (Melita plumulosa), A harpacticoid copepod (Nitocra spinipes), and a snail (Phallomedusa solida)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 644-652

  Ward, Daniel J ^a,b   Simpson, Stuart L ^a   Jolley, Dianne F ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behavioral endpoint; Benthic invertebrate; Chemoreception; Chronic; Sediment toxicity

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ENDPOINT; BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES; CHEMORECEPTION; CHRONIC; SEDIMENT TOXICITY;

POLLUTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TOXICITY;

SEDIMENTS;

COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; ZINC;

AMPHIPOD; AVOIDANCE REACTION; BENTHOS; CHEMICAL CUE; CHEMORECEPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; MOVEMENT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SNAIL; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY;

AMPHIPODA; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPEPOD; DISPERSION; ECOSYSTEM; MELITA PLUMULOSA; NITOCRA SPINIPES; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SNAIL; SURVIVAL; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; COPEPODA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; SNAILS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

COPEPODA; GASTROPODA; HARPACTICOIDA; INVERTEBRATA; MELITA; NITOCRA SPINIPES;

EID: 84873991898     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.2086     Document Type: Article

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