Maintenance of intact sediment box cores as laboratory mesocosms

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 183-189

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benthic macroinvertebrates; Community composition; Intact sediment cores; Laboratory mesocosms; Sediment contamination

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ECOSYSTEMS; SEDIMENTS;

SEDIMENT BOX CORES;

LAKE POLLUTION;

FRESH WATER;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; MESOCOSM; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; ZOOBENTHOS;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAUNA; FEEDING; LAKE; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INVERTEBRATES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEASONS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; STATISTICS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0034849716     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(01)00114-2     Document Type: Article

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