Relative salinity tolerance of freshwater macroinvertebrates from the south-east Eastern Cape, South Africa compared with the Barwon Catchment, Victoria, Australia

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 163-171

  Kefford, Ben J ^a   Palmer, Carolyn G ^b   Nugegoda, Dayanthi ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acute salinity tolerance; Ecotoxicity; Rarity; Stream invertebrates

Indexed keywords

SALINITY TOLERANCE;

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

ARTHROPODA; CRUSTACEA; INVERTEBRATA; VICTORIA;

EID: 19544385076     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF04098     Document Type: Article

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