Effects of metals on stream macroinvertebrate assemblages from different altitudes

Ecological Applications

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 472-481

  Kiffney, Peter M ^a   Clements, William H ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Altitude; Body size; Colorado; Field surveys; Macroinvertebrates; Metal sensitivity; Rocky mountains; Sensitivity to metals; Stream microcosms; Streams

Indexed keywords

INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA;

ALTITUDINAL GRADIENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; METAL;

EID: 0030389945     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2269384     Document Type: Article

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