Metal tolerance and predator-prey interactions in benthic macroinvertebrate stream communities

Ecological Applications

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1073-1084

  Clements, William H ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic macroinvertebrates; Caging experiments; Claassenia sabulosa; Colorado streams; Experimental streams; Heavy metals; Mayflies; Metal tolerance; Stonefly predation

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; POLLUTION EFFECT; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; TOLERANCE; ZOOBENTHOS;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

BAETIS TRICAUDATUS; CLAASSENIA SABULOSA; EPHEMEROPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; PERLODIDAE; PLECOPTERA; RHITHROGENA HAGENI;

EID: 0033179427     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1999)009[1073:MTAPPI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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