Interaction of lead and calcium uptake by the woodlouse, Porcellio scaber (Isopoda, Porcellionidae)
- 31 December 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Oecologia
- Vol. 32 (2) , 255-262
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00366076
Abstract
Lead and calcium nitrate in a potato base were fed to Porcellio scaber; three levels of each cation were used in a 32 factorial design experiment. The amounts accumulated were determined by atomic absorption spectrophotometric analysis of nitric acid digests of whole animals. Both cations increased markedly in the woodlice with increasing dosage and a clear correlation was found between the rates of uptake of the two.Keywords
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