Assessing the influence of water and substratum quality on benthic macroinvertebrate communities in a metal-polluted stream: An experimental approach

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1766-1778

  Courtney, Lisa A ^a   Clements, William H ^a  

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

Author keywords

Aquatic insects; Heavy metals; Mining pollution; Substratum quality; Water quality

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HEAVY METAL; MACROINVERTEBRATE; RIVER POLLUTION; SUBSTRATE; WATER QUALITY;

UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; BAETIDAE; BAETIS TRICAUDATUS; CAPNIIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; EPHEMERELLIDAE; EPHEMEROPTERA; HEPTAGENIIDAE; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; PLECOPTERA; SIMULIIDAE; TAENIOPTERYGIDAE;

EID: 0036712092     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2002.00896.x     Document Type: Article

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