Effects of the antibiotic tetracycline on the reproduction, growth and population growth rate of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

Nematology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 19-29

  Vangheel, Matthew ^a,b   Traunspurger, Walter ^b   Spann, Nicole ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dose response curves; Pharmaceutical; Risk assessment; RNAi; Sediment; Single species test; Veterinary medicine

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOTOXICOLOGY; GROWTH RESPONSE; MEDICINE; NEMATODE; NONTARGET ORGANISM; POPULATION GROWTH; PROTEIN; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT; SOIL PROFILE; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84892163127     PISSN: 13885545     EISSN: 15685411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/15685411-00002740     Document Type: Article

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