Effects of an azinphos-methyl runoff event on macroinvertebrates in the Wilmot River, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 523-533

  Purcell, Lisa A ^a,b   Giberson, Donna J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; BENTHOS; INSECTICIDE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND [CANADA]; WILMOT RIVER;

CHIRONOMIDAE; CREEDIIDAE; DIPTERA; EPHEMEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 34548072792     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/n06-052     Document Type: Article

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