Sediment contamination and faunal communities in two subwatersheds of Mona Lake, Michigan

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1255-1265

  Cooper, Matthew J ^a   Rediske, Richard R ^a   Uzarski, Donald G ^b   Burton, Thomas M ^c  

^a GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC COMMUNITY; CATCH PER UNIT EFFORTS; FAUNAL COMMUNITIES; FISH COMMUNITIES; HABITAT TYPE; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES; INVERTEBRATE COMMUNITIES; MICHIGAN; MULTIPLE STRESSORS; NATURAL HYDROLOGIC REGIMES; NUTRIENT LOADING; ON-STREAM; SEDIMENT CONTAMINANTS; SEDIMENT CONTAMINATION; SEDIMENT TOXICITY; SUBWATERSHEDS; TEST ORGANISMS; TRICHOPTERA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN WATERSHED; WATER COLUMNS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; FISH; HEAVY METALS; HEAVY WATER; LAKES; MEATS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TOXICITY; WATERSHEDS; WETLANDS;

CONTAMINATION;

HEAVY METAL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EPHEMEROPTERA; FAUNA; FISH; HYDROLOGY; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INSECT; INVERTEBRATE; LAKE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PLECOPTERA; SEDIMENT; SPECIES HABITAT; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAM (RIVER); SURVIVAL; TAXON; TOXICITY TESTING; TRICHOPTERA; UNITED STATES; URBANIZATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATERSHED; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INVERTEBRATES; MICHIGAN; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER POLLUTION; WETLANDS;

EPHEMEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 66649084431     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2008.0429     Document Type: Article

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