Chironomid larvae stimulate biogeochemical and microbial processes in a riverbed covered with fine sediment

Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 156-168

  Nogaro, Géraldine ^a   Mermillod Blondin, Florian ^a   Montuelle, Bernard ^b   Boisson, Jean Claude ^b,c   Gibert, Janine ^a  

^a Laboratoire d'Ecologie des Hydrosystemes Naturels et Anthropises   (France)

^b University of Lyon   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Biogeochemical processes; Microbial activities; Organic matter; Sediment reworking; Slow infiltration columns

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOTURBATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLY; INFILTRATION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LARVA; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ORGANIC MATTER; REDOX CONDITIONS; REWORKING; RIVER BED;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHIRONOMIDAE; TUBIFICIDAE;

EID: 44649174342     PISSN: 10151621     EISSN: 14209055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00027-007-7032-y     Document Type: Article

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