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Exposure to sediments from polluted rivers has limited phenotypic effects on larvae and adults of Chironomus riparius.
The Science of the total environment - 15 Jun 2014
Arambourou Hélène, Beisel Jean-Nicolas, Branchu Philippe, Debat Vincent
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Laboratory studies have sometimes failed to detect a relationship between toxic stress and morphological defects in invertebrates. Several hypotheses have been proposed to account for this lack of effect. (1) It was suggested that only a combination of stressful conditions - rather than a single one - would affect the phenotype. (2) Phenotypic defects should be detected on adult individuals, rather than on...
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