Resistance to metal contamination by historically-stressed populations of Ceriodaphnia pulchella: Environmental influence versus genetic determination
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Resistance to metal contamination by historically-stressed populations of Ceriodaphnia pulchella: environmental influence versus genetic determination.
Field populations of daphnids historically-stressed by metal contamination may show increased resistance to those contaminants. This study was undertaken aiming to confirm/infirm three main hypotheses: (1) field populations living in historically-impacted environments are more tolerant to metal stress than populations from reference sites; (2) resistance differences are genetically-determined, ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Chemosphere
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0045-6535
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.02.072