Leaf litter processing and invertebrate assemblages along a pollution gradient in a Maine (USA) headwater stream

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 363-375

  Woodcock, Thomas S ^a,b   Huryn, Alexander D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional assessment; Litter processing; Macroinvertebrates; Pollution gradient; Roadways

Indexed keywords

INVERTEBRATE ASSEMBLAGES; LEAF LITTER PROCESSING; SEDIMENT QUALITY; SHREDDER BIOMASS;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEMS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STREAM FLOW;

WATER POLLUTION;

BIOMASS; INVERTEBRATE; LEAF LITTER; STREAM; TOLERANCE;

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INVERTEBRATE; LEAF LITTER; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT; STRESS; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INVERTEBRATES; MAINE; PLANT LEAVES; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTION;

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEMS; INVERTEBRATES; PLANTS; SEDIMENTS; STREAM FLOW; WATER POLLUTION;

GOOSEFARE BROOK; MAINE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 11144276404     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2004.09.020     Document Type: Article

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