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Article: Autotomy: novel protection from mercury toxicity in aquatic oligochaete worms. (Abstracts).(Brief Article)
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- Bulletin (Southern California Academy of Sciences)
- Article date:
- August 1, 2002
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Aquatic oligochaete worms are commonly used as tools in toxicity testing as well as in sediment's health assessments. Oligochaete worms are generally considered pollution tolerant, but little research has been made to help us understand the mechanisms used by these "tolerant" worms to survive pollutant exposure. The present research suggests that changes in the behavior of tolerant worms are an important component of the many levels of response to contaminants that promote the worms' survival. We investigated autonomy behavior ...
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