Toxicity of heavy metals to early life stages of Daphnia magna.
This study was designed to investigate the susceptibility of the parthenogenetic eggs of Daphnia magna to cadmium, zinc, copper, and lead. Early life stages of D. magna proved to be highly tolerant to heavy metal toxicity in comparison with later stages. This relatively high tolerance might be explained by the structural constitution of the eggs.
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Research Group for Aquatic Toxicology, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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Wynne
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D000818:Animals; D002104:Cadmium / Q000633:toxicity*; D003300:Copper / Q000633:toxicity*; D003621:Daphnia / Q000187:drug effects*; D007854:Lead / Q000633:toxicity*; D015032:Zinc / Q000633:toxicity*
D002104:Cadmium; D007854:Lead; D003300:Copper; D015032:Zinc