Heavy metal bioaccumulation and effects on water hyacinth weevils, Neochetina eichhorniae, feeding on water hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes

Journal Article · Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1986 · Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01607756· OSTI ID:5385021

Kay, S H; Haller, W T

Both aquatic and terrestrial habitats frequently are subject to contamination by toxic heavy metals, yet very little is known about the influence of heavy metals absorbed by plant tissues upon the phytophagous insect fauna feeding upon these plants. The objectives of this study were to determine the influence of plant-absorbed metals upon the feeding, mortality, and body burdens of lead, cadmium, and copper in the water hyacinth weevil, Neochetina eichhorniae, imported for the biological control of water hyacinths (Eichhornia crassipes).

• Research Organization: Delta State Univ., Cleveland, MS
• OSTI ID: 5385021
• Journal Information: Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.; (United States), Vol. 37:2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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