Acute toxicity largely reflects the salinity sensitivity of stream macroinvertebrates derived using field distributions

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 178-186

  Horrigan, Nelli ^a   Dunlop, Jason E ^b,d   Kefford, Ben J ^c   Zavahir, Farah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b Department of Natural Resources and Water ^*  (Australia)

^c RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aquatic invertebrates; Ecological indicators; Salt pollution

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; LABORATORY METHOD; MACROINVERTEBRATE; POLLUTION EFFECT; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TOXICITY TEST;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 33847232273     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF05241     Document Type: Article

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