Baseline studies in the Slave River, NWT, 1990-1994: Part IV. Evaluation of benthic invertebrate populations and stable isotope analyses

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 197, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 111-125

  McCarthy, L H ^a   Robertson, K ^b   Hesslein, R H ^c   Williams, T G ^d  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b Renewable Resources   (Canada)

^c FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

benthic invertebrates; chironomids; isotope; oligochaetes

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPE; RIVER WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; MACROBENTHOS; SULPHUR ISOTOPE RATIO;

CANADA, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, SLAVE RIVER;

ANNELIDA; BIVALVIA; CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA);

EID: 0030617886     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(96)05422-8     Document Type: Article

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