Isopod, Asellus

Fraser, J. 1980. Acclimation to lead in the freshwater isopod Asellus aquaticus. Oecologia 45 419-420. Friberg, L. 1988. The GESAMP evaluation of potentially harmful substances in fish and other seafood with special reference to carcinogenic substances. Aquat. Toxicol. 11 379-393. 

Lewis, T.E. and A.W. McIntosh. 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. 

LC50 (24-h) for bluegill sunfish 67 pg/L, rainbow trout 52 pg/L (Worthing and Hance, 1991), isopod [Asellus communis) 0.42 pg/L (Anderson and DeFoe, 1980), northern pike 13.5 pg/L (Mayer and Ellersieck, 1986). 

Recently, metapopulation models have been successfully applied to assess the risks of contaminants to aquatic populations. A metapopulation model to extrapolate responses of the aquatic isopod Asellus aquaticus as observed in insecticide-stressed mesocosms to assess its recovery potential in drainage ditches, streams, and ponds is provided by van den Brink et al. (2007). They estimated realistic pyrethroid concentrations in these different types of aquatic ecosystems by means of exposure models used in the European legislation procedure for pesticides. It appeared that the rate of recovery of Asellus in pyrethroid-stressed drainage ditches was faster in the field than in the isolated mesocosms. However, the rate of recovery in drainage ditches was calculated to be lower than that in streams and ponds (van den Brink et al. 2007). In another study, the effects of flounder foraging behavior and habitat preferences on exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls in sediments were assessed by Linkov et al. (2002) using a tractable individual-based metapopulation model. In this study, the use of a spatially and temporally explicit model reduced the estimate of risk by an order of magnitude as compared with a nonspatial model (Linkov et al. 2002). 

S. Rauch and G. M. Morrison, Platinum uptake by the freshwater isopod Asellus aquaticus in urban rivers, Sci. Total Environ., 235 (1999), 261D268. 

M. Moldovan, S. Rauch, M. M. G mez, M. A. Palacios, G. M. Morrison, Bioaccumulation of palladium, platinum, and rhodium from urban particulates and sediments by the freshwater isopod Asellus aquaticus, Water Res., 35 (2001), 4175D4183. 

Heimann P (1984) Fine structure and moulting of aesthetasc sense organs on the antennules of the isopod, Asellus aquaticus (Crustacea). Cell Tiss Res 235 117-128... 

Moldovan M, Rauch S, Gomez M, Palacios M, Morrison GM (2001) Bioaccumulation of palladium, platinum and rhodium fixrm urban particulates and sediments by the freshwater isopod Asellus aquaticus. Water Res 35 4175-4183 Moldovan M, Palacios MA, Gomez MM, Morrison G, Rauch S, McLeod C, Ma R, Caroli S, Alimonti A, Petrucci F, Bocca B, Schramel P, Zischka M, Pettersson C, Wass U, Luna M, Saenz JC, Santamarfa J (2002) Environmental risk of particulate and soluble platinum group elements released from gasoline and diesel engine eatalytic converters. Sci Total Environ 296 199-208... 

Euphausia pacifica, 524 Meganyctiphanes norvegica, 454 Mysis relicta, 635, 856, 870 Isopod, Asellus spp., 870 Lobster... 

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