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- Title
INFLUENCE OF METALS ON REPRODUCTION, MORTALITY AND POPULATION GROWTH IN ONYCHIURUS ARMATUS (COLLEMBOLA).
- Authors
Bengtsson, G.; Gunnarsson, T.; Rundgren, S.
- Abstract
Studies the effects of copper and lead on survival, reproduction and population growth of the collembolan, Onychiurus armatus by rearing them on a diet of the fungus, Verticillium bulbillosum. Observation that specimens of O. armatus sampled from a soil in the vicinity of a brass mill at Gusum, Sweden, had similar body concentrations of copper that caused reduced reproduction and survival in the experiment.
- Subjects
SWEDEN; ONYCHIURUS; VERTICILLIUM; FUNGI; COPPER; LEAD
- Publication
Journal of Applied Ecology, 1985, Vol 22, Issue 3, p967
- ISSN
0021-8901
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/2403244