Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Growth retardation and elemental differences in juvenile Armadillidium vulgare latreille exposed to lead nitrate

  • Published:
Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

References

  • Beeby A (1978) Interaction of lead and calcium uptake by the woodlouse, Porcellio scaber (Isopoda, Porcellionidae). Oecol (Berl.) 32: 255–262

    Google Scholar 

  • Brown BE (1976) Observations on the tolerance of the isopod Asellus meridianus Rac.to copper and lead. Water Res 10: 555–559

    Google Scholar 

  • Brown BE (1978) Lead detoxification by a copper tolerant isopod. Nature 276:388–390

    Google Scholar 

  • Fraser J (1980) Acclimation to lead in the freshwater isopod Asellus aquaticus. Oecol (Berl.) 45: 419–420

    Google Scholar 

  • Hopkin SP and Martin MH (1982) The distribution of zinc, cadmium, lead and copper within the woodlouse Oniscus asellus (Crustacea, Isopoda). Oecol (Berl.) 54: 227–232

    Google Scholar 

  • Hopkin SP and Martin MH (1984) Heavy metals in woodlice. Symp Zool Soc Lond 53: 143–166

    Google Scholar 

  • Hopkin SP, Martin MH and Moss SJ (1985) Heavy metals in isopods from the supra-littoral zone on the southern shore of the Severn Estuary, U.K. Environ Poll (Ser B) 10: 239–254

    Google Scholar 

  • Hopkin SP, Hardisty GN and Martin MH (1986) The woodlouse Porcellio scaber as a ‘biological indicator’ of zinc, cadmium, lead and copper pollution. Environ Poll (Ser B) 10:271–290

    Google Scholar 

  • Hopkin SP (1990) Species-specific differences in the net assimilation of zinc, cadmium, lead, copper and iron by the terrestrial isopods Oniscus asellus and Porcellio scaber. J Appl Ecol 27:460–474

    Google Scholar 

  • Joose ENG, VanCapelleveen HE, VanDalen LH and VanDiggerlen J (1983) Effects of zinc, iron and manganese on soil arthropods associated with decomposition processes. In: Lekkas TD (ed) International Conference, Heavy Metals in the Environment Vol 1. CEP Consultants, Edinburgh, p 467–470

    Google Scholar 

  • Lewis TE and McIntosh AW (1986) Uptake of sediment-bound lead and zinc by the freshwater isopod Asellus communis at three different pH levels. Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 15: 495–504

    Google Scholar 

  • Tomita M, Vernon G, Heisey R and Witkus R (1990) The effect of lead on other heavy metals in the hepatopancreas of a terrestrial isopod. Abstract. AAAS Meeting, New Orleans, USA

  • Tomita M, Heisey R, Witkus R and Vernon GM (1991) Sequestration of copper and zinc in the hepatopancreas of Armadillidium vulgare Latreille following exposure to lead. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 46: 494–500

    Google Scholar 

  • Williamson P and Evans PR (1972) Lead levels in roadside invertebrates and small mammals. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 8: 280–288

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Author notes

  1. R. Heisey

    Present address: Dept of Biology, Penn State University, 200 University Drive, 17972, Schuyllkill Haven, PA

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Biological Sciences, Fordham University, 10458, Bronx, New York, USA

    M. Tomita & R. Witkus

  2. Division of Science and Mathematics, Fordham University, 10023, New York, New York, USA

    G. M. Vernon

Authors
  1. M. Tomita
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. R. Heisey
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. R. Witkus
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. G. M. Vernon
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Tomita, M., Heisey, R., Witkus, R. et al. Growth retardation and elemental differences in juvenile Armadillidium vulgare latreille exposed to lead nitrate. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 48, 70–76 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00197485

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00197485

Keywords

Search

Navigation