A field study of the effects of agriculturally derived insecticide input on stream macroinvertebrate dynamics

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 46, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 155-176

  Schulz, Ralf ^a   Liess, Mathias ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abundance; Drift; Emergence; Fenvalerate; Field studies; Hydraulics; Insects; Macroinvertebrates; Parathion ethyl; Pesticides; Streams; Stress

Indexed keywords

CARBOFURAN; CIPERMETHRIN; FENITROTHION; FENOBUCARB; FENVALERATE; INSECTICIDE; LINDANE; METHOXYCHLOR; OXAMYL; PARATHION; PERMETHRIN; PESTICIDE; PYRETHROID; RAIN; RUNOFF; TEMEFOS;

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; INSECTICIDE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; POLLUTION EFFECT; STREAM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; DYNAMICS; INSECT; INVERTEBRATE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

HEXAPODA; PULEX; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 0032780448     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-445X(99)00002-8     Document Type: Article

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