Heavy metal bioaccumulation and effects on waterhyacinth weevils,Neochetina eichhorniae, feeding on waterhyacinth,Eichhornia crassipes

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Dec 1986 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, volume 37, pages 239-245 (issn: 0007-4861, eissn: 1432-0800,

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Authors: S H, Kay; W T, Haller;

doi: 10.1007/bf01607756

pmid: 3742077

Heavy metal bioaccumulation and effects on waterhyacinth weevils,Neochetina eichhorniae, feeding on waterhyacinth,Eichhornia crassipes

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Abstract

Both aquatic and terrestrial habitats frequently are subject to contamination by toxic heavy metals, yet very little is known about the influence of heavy metals absorbed by plant tissues upon the phytophagous insect fauna feeding upon these plants. The objectives of this study were to determine the influence of plant-absorbed metals upon the feeding, mortality, and body burdens of lead, cadmium, and copper in the water hyacinth weevil, Neochetina eichhorniae, imported for the biological control of water hyacinths (Eichhornia crassipes).

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Delta State University
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University of Florida
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Keywords

Insecta, Time Factors, Ecology, Plants, Lead, Metals, Animals, Body Burden, Copper, Cadmium

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