Use of carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios to assess the effects of environmental contaminants on aquatic food webs

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 54-59

  Caquet, Thierry ^a  

^a AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

Author keywords

Diphenyl ether herbicide; Insects; Mixture; Nonylphenol polyethoxylates; Outdoor pond mesocosms

Indexed keywords

DIPHENYL ETHER HERBICIDE; INSECTS; NONYLPHENOL POLYETHOXYLATES; OUTDOOR POND MESOCOSMS;

ETHERS; HERBICIDES; IMPURITIES; TOXIC MATERIALS;

ISOTOPES;

CARBON; DIPHENYL ETHER; FOMESAFEN; FRESH WATER; HERBICIDE; ISOTOPE; NITROGEN; NONYLPHENOL;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOOD WEB; POLLUTION EFFECT; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISH; FOOD WEB; HEMIPTERA; MESOCOSM; NONHUMAN; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; BENZAMIDES; CARBON ISOTOPES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; FRANCE; FRESH WATER; HEMIPTERA; HERBICIDES; LARVA; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; PHENOLS;

ARTHROPODA; CHIRONOMINAE; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; NOTONECTA GLAUCA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 33644972846     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2005.08.029     Document Type: Article

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