The use of benthic mesocosms for the assessment of sediment contamination

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 173-182

  Fletcher, R ^a   Reynoldson, T B ^b   Taylor, W D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atrazine; Benthic community; Cadmium; Mesocosms; Multivariate analysis; Organic enrichment

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CONTAMINATION; NUTRITION; SEDIMENTS;

SEDIMENT CONTAMINATION;

LAKE POLLUTION;

ATRAZINE; CADMIUM;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MESOCOSM; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; ZOOBENTHOS;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAKE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; SEDIMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; ATRAZINE; CADMIUM; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HERBICIDES; INVERTEBRATES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0034841735     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(01)00115-4     Document Type: Article

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