Nematode communities in contaminated river sediments

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 64-76

  Heininger, Peter ^a   Höss, Sebastian ^b   Claus, Evelyn ^a   Pelzer, Jürgen ^a   Traunspurger, Walter ^c  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (Germany)

^b Ecossa (Ecological Sediment and Soil Assessment)   (Germany)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Generic composition; Nematode community; Pollution; River sediments; Site structure

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CONTAMINATION; FEEDING; HEAVY METALS; IMPURITIES; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); RIVER CONTROL; SEDIMENTS; WATER POLLUTION;

HYDRO-MORPHOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; MATURITY INDEX VALUES; NEMATODE COMMUNITY; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SITE STRUCTURE;

BIODIVERSITY;

HEAVY METAL;

BIOMONITORING; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HEAVY METAL; NEMATODE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIVORE; CATCHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MORPHOLOGY; NEMATODE; OMNIVORE; POLLUTANT; RIVER; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GERMANY; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; METALS, HEAVY; NEMATODA; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

DAPTONEMA; DORYLAIMUS; MONHYSTERA; MONONCHUS; NEMATODA; TOBRILUS;

EID: 33846545002     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2006.06.023     Document Type: Article

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