High molecular weight petroleum hydrocarbons differentially affect freshwater benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1077-1083

  Anson, Jennifer R ^a,b   Pettigrove, Vincent ^b   Carew, Melissa E ^a   Hoffmann, Ary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MELBOURNE WATER CORPORATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioindicators; Chironomidae; Hydrocarbon; Microcosms; Sediment contamination

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PETROLEUM PRODUCTS; SEDIMENTS;

HIGH-MOLECULAR WEIGHT PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS (HMWPH); SEDIMENT CONTAMINATION;

HYDROCARBONS;

FRESH WATER; OIL; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE;

BENTHOS; BIOINDICATOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FRESHWATER SEDIMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INSECT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MICROCOSM; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); MACROINVERTEBRATE; MICROCOSM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; FRESH WATER; HYDROCARBONS; INVERTEBRATES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PETROLEUM; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CHIRONOMIDAE;

EID: 43649095617     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/07-414.1     Document Type: Article

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