Use of stable nitrogen isotopes and permeable membrane devices to study what factors influence freshwater mollusk survival in the Conasauaga River

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 132, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 275-295

  Sharpe, Adam J ^a   Nichols, Elizabeth Guthrie ^a,b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 3136G Jordan Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

15N; Conasauga River; Freshwater mollusks; Pesticides; PMDs

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC CONTAMINATION; CONASAUGA; FRESHWATER MOLLUSKS; ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS IN WATER; PMDS; POLAR ORGANIC CHEMICAL INTEGRATIVE SAMPLERS; STABLE NITROGEN ISOTOPE; WATER AND SEDIMENT QUALITIES;

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; ISOTOPES; MANURES; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PESTICIDES; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SHELLFISH; WATER QUALITY;

MOLLUSCS;

FRESH WATER; NITROGEN;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MOLLUSC; POLLUTION; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SNAIL; TREE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MOLLUSCA; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; RIVERS; SNAILS; TREES;

EID: 38449112335     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-9533-x     Document Type: Article

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