The effects of conservation tillage practices on benthic invertebrate communities in headwater streams in Southwestern Ontario, Canada

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 207-215

  Barton, David R ^a   Farmer, M E D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Benthic invertebrates; Biomonitoring; Conservation tillage; Water quality

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

BENTHIC INVERTEBRATE; BIOINDICATOR; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; HEADWATER STREAM; STREAMWATER QUALITY; TILLAGE;

AGRICULTURE; ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CANADA; COMMUNITY; CRUSTACEA; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INVERTEBRATE; MOLLUSC; SAMPLE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY;

CANADA, ONTARIO;

ANNELIDA; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMINI; CRUSTACEA; DIPTERA; EPHEMEROPTERA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA; TUBIFICIDAE;

EID: 0030798409     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(97)00020-1     Document Type: Article

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