Effects of dredging on benthic diatom assemblages in a lowland stream

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 973-982

  Licursi, Magdalena ^a   Gómez, Nora ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Benthos; Diatom assemblages; Dredging; Eutrophication; Lowland stream; Organic pollution

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

BENTHOS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIATOM; DREDGING; EUTROPHICATION; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; ORDINATION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; STREAM; WATER QUALITY;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIATOM; DREDGING; EUTROPHICATION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES HABITAT; STREAM (RIVER); SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 56249139394     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2008.03.004     Document Type: Article

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