Stream macroinvertebrate community affected by point-source metal pollution

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 258-266

  Doi, Hideyuki ^a,b   Takagi, Atsushi ^a   Kikuchi, Eisuke ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Acidic stream; Community structure; Ephemeroptera; Metal pollution; Mountain stream; Plecoptera

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; PH EFFECTS;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEAVY METAL; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MOUNTAIN STREAM; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION;

EPHEMEROPTERA; PLECOPTERA;

EID: 34250886904     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: 15222632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iroh.200610923     Document Type: Article

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