The response of Chironomidae to sediment pollution and other environmental characteristics in urban wetlands

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2444-2462

  Carew, Melissa E ^a,c   Pettigrove, Vincent ^b   Cox, Renee L ^a   Hoffmann, Ary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MELBOURNE WATER CORPORATION   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioindicators; Chironomidae; DNA identification; Polymerase chain reaction restriction fragment length polymorphism; Urban aquatic ecosystems

Indexed keywords

CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS 'FEBRUARIUS'; CHIRONOMUS DUPLEX; STICTOPTERA; TANYTARSUS;

EID: 36248972472     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2007.01840.x     Document Type: Article

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