Mesocosm observations on the ecological response of an aquatic community to sediment contamination

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 37, Issue 6-7, 1998, Pages 249-256

  Foekema, E M ^a   Kaag, N H B M ^a   Van Hussel, D M ^a   Jak, R G ^a   Scholten M C Th ^a   Guchte, C V D ^b  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b INST INLAND WATER MGMT WASTE W   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amoeba; Cataclysta; Culex; Mesocosm; Neomysis; Plankton; Sediments; Toxic effects

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL RESPONSE;

ALGAE; CONTAMINATION; ECOLOGY; LAKES; MICROORGANISMS; RIVERS; TOXICITY;

SEDIMENTS;

EUTROPHICATION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; MESOCOSM; SEDIMENT CONTAMINATION;

ALGA; AMOEBA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULEX; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NETHERLANDS; PLANT GROWTH; SEDIMENT; SHRIMP; WATER POLLUTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

NETHERLANDS, KETELMEER; NETHERLANDS, OOSTVAARDERSPLASSEN;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; ARCELLA; ARCELLA MEGASTOMA; CATACLYSTA LEMNATA; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; CLADOCERA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DIFFLUGIA; DIFFLUGIA ACCUMINATA; GYMNAMOEBIA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; MICROLEPIDOPTERA; MYSIDACEA; MYSIDAE; NEOMYSIS; NEOMYSIS INTEGER; PETROPHILA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031841956     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(98)00205-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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