Effects of wastewater treatment plant effluent on bat foraging ecology in an urban stream system

Biological Conservation

Volumn 138, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 120-130

  Kalcounis Rueppell, M C ^a   Payne, V H ^a   Huff, S R ^a   Boyko, A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Echolocation; Feeding; Insectivorous bats; Insects; Riparian areas; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BAT; BIOINDICATOR; ECHOLOCATION; FOOD WEB; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HEADWATER; INSECT; INSECTIVORE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION MONITORING; RIPARIAN ZONE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SPECIALIST; STREAMWATER; TROPHIC LEVEL; URBAN AREA; WATER QUALITY;

CAPE FEAR BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; EPTESICUS FUSCUS; HEXAPODA; LASIURUS BOREALIS; LEPIDOPTERA; NYCTICEIUS HUMERALIS; ODONATA; PIPISTRELLUS SUBFLAVUS;

EID: 34249997805     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2007.04.009     Document Type: Article

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