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Wake Forest University
UTTERBACKIA IMBECILLIS (BIVALVIA: UNIONIDAE) AS A BIOLOGICAL INDICATOR OF COPPER POLLUTION
Abstract
dc:description.abstractThe freshwater mussel, <italic>Utterbackia imbecillis</italic>, is an ideal biological indicator of aquatic ecosystems because of its widespread geographic distribution, abundance, and sedentary, filter-feeding lifestyle. The present study evaluated the physiological responses of <italic>U. imbecillis</italic> to copper. This heavy metal is an ecologically relevant stressor, as it is a common aquatic pollutant that is particularly toxic to molluscs.
Degree
thesis:*- Grantor dc:publisher
- Wake Forest University
- Year dc:date.issued
- 2011
Author and committee
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- White, Megan Pilarczyk
Subjects
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- Language dc:language.iso
- en
Identifiers
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- http://hdl.handle.net/10339/36156
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:wakespace.lib.wfu.edu:10339/36156