Exploration of the influence of global warming on the chironomid community in a manipulated shallow groundwater system

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 624, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-27

  Tixier, Guillaume ^a   Wilson, Kevin P ^a   Williams, D Dudley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chironomids; Ecosystem manipulation; Global warming; Groundwater; Species environment relationships; Springbrook

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; GLOBAL WARMING; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; METAL RECOVERY; OXYGEN; SHEET METAL; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA CONCENTRATIONS; CHIRONOMIDS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITIONS; ECOSYSTEM-MANIPULATION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS; INCREASED TEMPERATURES; ONTARIO , CANADA; SHALLOW GROUND WATERS; SPECIES-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONSHIPS; SPRINGBROOK; STUDY AREAS; TAXONOMIC RICHNESS; THERMAL REGIMES; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FLY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLOBAL WARMING; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMAL REGIME;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

BRILLIA; CHIRONOMIDAE; CORYNONEURA; HELENIELLA; HETEROTRISSOCLADIUS; MICROPSECTRA; PARAMETRIOCNEMUS; POLYPEDILUM; TANYTARSINI; THIENEMANNIA GRACILIS;

EID: 60449114344     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-008-9663-y     Document Type: Article

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