Quantifying assimilation of sewage-derived organic matter by riverine benthos

Ecological Applications

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 511-520

  DeBruyn, Adrian M H ^a   Rasmussen, Joseph B ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aquatic consumers; Bithynia tentaculata; Diet; Dreissena polymorpha; Gammarus fasciatus; Particulate organic matter (POM); Sewage; Sewage derived particulate organic matter (SDPOM); St. Lawrence River; 13C; 15N

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; FOOD WEB; ORGANIC MATTER; POLLUTION EFFECT; SEWAGE DISPOSAL;

CANADA; SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER;

BITHYNIA TENTACULATA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; GAMMARUS FASCIATUS; INVERTEBRATA; TENTACULATA;

EID: 0036557606     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2002)012[0511:QAOSDO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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