The Semaphore crab, Heloecius cordiformis: bio-indication potential for heavy metals in estuarine systems

• Published in: Aquatic toxicology Vol. 50; no. 3; pp. 153 - 166
• Main Authors: MacFarlane, G.R, Booth, D.J, Brown, K.R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.09.2000; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Applied ecology; Australia, New South Wales, Sydney; Australia, Sydney; Bio-accumulation; Bio-indicator; Biological and medical sciences; Ecotoxicology, biological effects of pollution; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Heavy metals; Heloecius cordiformis; Mangrove; Marine and brackish environment; Semaphore crab; Australia; New South Wales; Oceania; PSE, Australia, New South Wales; Heloecius cordiformis; Semaphore crab; Bio-indicator; Mangrove; Bio-accumulation; Heavy metals; Littoral zone; Brackish water environment; Brachyura; Estuaries; Biological indicator; Harbor zone; Heavy metal; Crustacea; Pollutant; Arthropoda; Lead; Decapoda; Invertebrata; Biological accumulation; Copper

Although alterations at the organism level in decapod crustaceans on exposure to heavy metals have been evidenced in the laboratory, little examination of metal effects on morphology and population parameters have been explored in a field-based situation. Relationships between morphological paramete...