Article
Testing hypotheses on the resistance to metals by Daphnia longispina: differential acclimation, endpoints association, and fitness costs.
Environmental toxicology and chemistry - 1 Apr 2012
Saro Liliana, Lopes Isabel, Martins Nelson, Ribeiro Rui
Abstract excerpt
Pollution by metals may lead to an increased tolerance in the exposed population through adaptive microevolution, with resistant genotypes becoming more abundant than in reference sites. This work investigated the outcomes associated with selection for resistance by testing three hypotheses to assess the following: Do resistant versus sensitive clonal lineages of Daphnia longispina differentially acclimate to...
Topics
- Acclimatization
- Animals
- Cadmium
- Copper
- Daphnia
- Environmental Exposure
- Genetic Fitness
- Genotype
- Metals
- Mining
- Reproduction
- Toxicity Tests
