Diverging effects of anthropogenic acidification and natural acidity on community structure in Swedish streams

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 394, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 321-330

  Petrin, Zlatko ^a   Laudon, Hjalmar ^a,b   Malmqvist, Björn ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acid rain; Aquatic insects; Ecosystem function; Leaf litter decomposition; pH; Taxonomic richness

Indexed keywords

ACID RAIN; ACIDITY; ECOSYSTEMS; PH EFFECTS;

AQUATIC INSECTS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; LEAF LITTER DECOMPOSITION; TAXONOMIC RICHNESS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

FRESH WATER;

ACIDIFICATION; ACIDITY; ADAPTATION; BIOGEOGRAPHY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; INSECT; LEAF LITTER; PH; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAMWATER; TAXONOMY;

ACIDIFICATION; ACIDITY; ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CHEMISTRY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOLOGY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAM (RIVER); SWEDEN;

ACID RAIN; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INVERTEBRATES; RIVERS; SWEDEN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 40849102397     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.01.055     Document Type: Article

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