Sediment pollution and predation affect structure and production of benthic macroinvertebrate communities in the Rhine-Meuse delta, The Netherlands

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 557-579

  De Lange, Hendrika J ^a   De Jonge, Jolande ^b   Den Besten, Piet J ^b   Oosterbaan, Johan ^b   Peeters, Edwin T H M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INST INLAND WATER MGMT WASTE W   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Benthic macroinvertebrates; Community structure; Ecotoxicological effects; Predation; Secondary production; Sediment pollution

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PREDATION; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; RHINE-MEUSE DELTA; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANNELIDA; AVES; CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA);

EID: 4944264754     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/0887-3593(2004)023<0557:SPAPAS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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