Different sensitivity of mayflies (Insecta, Ephemeroptera) to ammonia, nitrite and nitrate: Linkage between experimental and observational data

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 528, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 209-216

  Beketov, Mikhail A ^a  

^a W Siberian Ctr Environ Monitoring   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

acute toxicity; ammonia; biomonitoring; causation; mayflies; nitrite

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ANIMALS; BIOASSESSMENT; FIELD DATA; SAPROBIC INDEXES;

AMMONIA; CONTAMINATION; NITRATES; RIVERS; TOXICITY;

BIODIVERSITY;

AMMONIA; BIOMONITORING; NITRATE; NITRITE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TOLERANCE; TOXICITY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SIBERIA; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; BAETIDAE; BAETIS; CLOEON; EPHEMERELLA; EPHEMERELLIDAE; EPHEMEROPTERA; HEPTAGENIA; HEPTAGENIIDAE; INSECTA; POTAMANTHIDAE; POTAMANTHUS LUTEUS;

EID: 7244248800     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-004-2346-4     Document Type: Article

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