Influence of Chironomus riparius (Diptera, Chironomidae) and Tubifex tubifex (Annelida, Oligochaeta) on oxygen uptake by sediments. Consequences of uranium contamination

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1234-1242

  Lagauzere S ^a   Pischedda, L ^b   Cuny, P ^b   Gilbert, F ^c   Stora, G ^b   Bonzom, J M ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c Institut National Polytechnique   (France)

Author keywords

Bioturbation; Diffusive oxygen uptake; Freshwater macroinvertebrates; Heavy metals; Sediments

Indexed keywords

ANNELIDA; BIOTURBATION; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS RIPARIUS; CONTAMINATED SEDIMENTS; DIFFUSIVE OXYGEN UPTAKE; DIPTERA; FRESHWATER MACROINVERTEBRATES; INVERTEBRATE SPECIES; MICROBIAL METABOLISMS; OLIGOCHAETA; SEDIMENT BIOGEOCHEMISTRIES; TEMPORAL VARIATIONS; TUBIFEX TUBIFEXES; WATER COLUMNS;

ACTINIDES; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONTAMINATION; HEAVY METALS; IGNEOUS ROCKS; METABOLISM; OCEAN HABITATS; OXYGEN; POLLUTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM;

SEDIMENTS;

ANNELID; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOTURBATION; COLONIZATION; HEAVY METAL; MACROINVERTEBRATE; METABOLISM; URANIUM; WATER COLUMN;

ANIMALS; CHIRONOMIDAE; ECOLOGY; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; OLIGOCHAETA; OXYGEN; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

ANNELIDA; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS RIPARIUS; DIPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); TUBIFEX TUBIFEX;

EID: 61449115766     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2008.12.004     Document Type: Article

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