A field-based microcosm method to assess the effects of polluted urban stream sediments on aquatic macroinvertebrates

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 170-180

  Pettigrove, Vincent ^a   Hoffmann, Ary ^b  

^a Research and Technology   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioindicators; Chironomidae; Microcosms; Sediment quality

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; OCEAN HABITATS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

FIELD-BASED MICROCOSM METHOD; MACROINVERTEBRATES;

MARINE POLLUTION;

ZINC;

BIOINDICATOR; METHODOLOGY; MICROCOSM; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; STREAM; URBAN AREA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHIRONOMIDAE; EGG; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FLY; HEMIPTERA; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MICROCOSM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STREAM (RIVER); WATER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS; INVERTEBRATES; METALS, HEAVY; PETROLEUM; VICTORIA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; MELBOURNE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA]; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA; HEMIPTERA; VICTORIA;

EID: 10644271792     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/03-459.1     Document Type: Article

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