Response of the stonefly Pteronarcys dorsata in enclosures from the urban North Carolina stream

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 948-955

  Pesacreta, G J ^a  

^a Ecological Consultants   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; RIVER; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; FRESH WATER; INSECTS; NORTH CAROLINA; PLANT LEAVES; TEMPERATURE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

PLECOPTERA; PTERONARCYS DORSATA; INVERTEBRATA; PTERONARCYIDAE;

BENTHIC INVERTEBRATE; FLOW VELOCITY; MORTALITY; STONEFLY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT;

EID: 0030609784     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900574     Document Type: Article

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