Effects of anthropogenic silt on aquatic macroinvertebrates and abiotic variables in streams in the Brazilian Amazon

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 89-103

  Couceiro, Sheyla Regina Marques ^a   Hamada, Neusa ^a   Forsberg, Bruce Rider ^a   Padovesi Fonseca, Claudia ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic impact; Aquatic insects; Erosion; Gas and petroleum extraction; Road construction; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AQUATIC COMMUNITY; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; INSECT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; OIL SPILL; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; SILT; SOIL CONSERVATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUSPENDED LOAD; TROPICAL FOREST;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 73449114930     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11368-009-0148-z     Document Type: Article

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