Article
Genetic costs of tolerance to metals in Daphnia longispina populations historically exposed to a copper mine drainage.
Environmental toxicology and chemistry - 1 Apr 2010
Agra Ana Raquel, Guilhermino Lúcia, Soares Amadeu M V M, Barata Carlos
Abstract excerpt
The present study was conducted to assess three microevolutionary aspects of adaptation to pollution in Daphnia longispina populations historically exposed to an acid mine drainage from an abandoned pyrite mine: pollution mediated effects in acute tolerance to copper (Cu) and zinc (Zn); pollution-mediated effects on genetic variability of tolerant and physiological traits related to fitness (feeding rates); and...
Topics
- Adaptation, Physiological
- Animals
- Copper
- Daphnia
- Genetic Variation
- Mining
- Water Pollutants, Chemical
- Zinc
