The aquatic insect Chaoborus as a biomonitor of trace metals in lakes

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1850-1859

  Hare, Landis ^a   Tessier, André ^a  

^a CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; CADMIUM; COPPER; HYDROGEN; LAKE; LEAD; PH; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEDIMENT; ZINC;

BIOMONITORING; INSECT; LAKE; TRACE METAL;

ANIMALIA; CHAOBORUS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0032435873     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1998.43.8.1850     Document Type: Article

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