Effects of river pollution on the colonisation of artificial substrates by macrozoobenthos

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-10

  Bonzini, Sara ^a   Finizio, Antonio ^a   Berra, Elisa ^a   Forcella, Matilde ^a   Parenti, Paolo ^a   Vighi, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biomarkers; Community structure; Macrobenthos; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ENZYME; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; NAPTHYLACETATE ESTERASE; PESTICIDE;

ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATE; BIOMARKER; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; MACROBENTHOS; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RIVER POLLUTION; ZOOBENTHOS;

AGRICULTURAL WASTE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ITALY; MACROBENTHOS; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ECOSYSTEM; INVERTEBRATES; ITALY; PESTICIDES; RIVERS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LIVENZA RIVER; MEOLO RIVER; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VENETO; VENEZIA [VENETO];

EID: 47149118133     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2008.05.008     Document Type: Article

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