Macroinvertebrate community loss as a result of headwater stream acidification in the Vosges Mountains (N-E France)

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 767-783

  Guerold, François ^a   Boudot, Jean Pierre ^c   Jacquemin, Gilles ^c   Vein, Denis ^b   Merlet, Denis ^c   Rouiller, James ^c  

^a UPRES EBSE EA 1100   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Biodiversity erosion; Freshwater acidification; Macroinvertebrates; Remote areas

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; MACROINVERTEBRATE; POPULATION DECLINE; STREAM;

FRANCE;

EID: 0034049926     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008994122865     Document Type: Article

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