Individual and combined responses of stream ecosystems to multiple stressors

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1810-1819

  Townsend, Colin R ^a   Uhlmann, S Sebastian ^a,b   Matthaei, Christoph D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antagonistic; Land use; Multiplicative; Species traits; Stream management; Synergistic

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; BENTHOS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; LAND USE CHANGE; LOADING; PASTURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAM; SYNERGISM;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 54449100446     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2008.01548.x     Document Type: Article

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