Effects of sediment quality on macroinvertebrates in the Sunraysia region of the Murray-Darling Rivers, Australia

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 689-698

  Sharley, David J ^a   Hoffmann, Ary A ^a   Pettigrove, Vincent ^b  

^a Zoology Department   (Australia)

^b MELBOURNE WATER CORPORATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Chironomidae; Microcosm; Nutrients; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

NUTRIENTS; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; SEDIMENTATION;

AQUATIC FAUNAS; AUSTRALIA; BIOMONITORING; CHIRONOMIDAE; EASTERN AUSTRALIA; FERTILISER; MACRO INVERTEBRATES; MICROCOSM; MICROCOSM APPROACHES; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; SEDIMENT QUALITIES;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

FERTILIZER;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; BIOMONITORING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MICROCOSM; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EFFECT;

AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MICROCOSM; SEDIMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CHIRONOMIDAE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN; SUNRAYSIA;

CHIRONOMIDAE;

EID: 55849097300     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2008.06.014     Document Type: Article

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