Effect of spatial variation on salinity tolerance of macroinvertebrates in Eastern Australia and implications for ecosystem protection trigger values

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 621-630

  Dunlop, Jason E ^a,b   Horrigan, Nelli ^c   McGregor, Glenn ^a   Kefford, Ben J ^d   Choy, Satish ^a   Prasad, Rajesh ^b  

^a Department of Natural Resources and Water ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^d RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conductivity; Macroinvertebrates; Salinisation; Salinity impacts; Salinity risk; Salinity tolerance

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALINE WATER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

MACROINVERTEBRATES; SALINISATION; SALINITY RISKS; SALINITY TOLERANCE;

ECOSYSTEMS;

FRESH WATER;

ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; SALINITY; SALT TOLERANCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; INVERTEBRATES; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 38849089446     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.03.020     Document Type: Article

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