Isolating the impact of sediment toxicity in urban streams

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 158, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1716-1725

  Marshall, Stephen ^a   Pettigrove, Vincent ^b   Carew, Melissa ^a   Hoffmann, Ary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MELBOURNE WATER CORPORATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Field microcosms; Macroinvertebrate; Stream; Urban

Indexed keywords

BIOASSESSMENT; BIOMONITORING; DEGRADED ECOSYSTEMS; FIELD SURVEYS; MACROINVERTEBRATE COMMUNITY; MACROINVERTEBRATES; MELBOURNE , AUSTRALIA; MICROCOSM APPROACHES; POLLUTED SEDIMENTS; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEDIMENT TOXICITY; STREAM CONDITION; URBAN SITE; URBAN STREAM;

BIOASSAY; CATCHMENTS; HEAVY METALS; HYDRAULICS; HYDROCARBONS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SURVEYS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

COPPER; HEAVY METAL; HYDROCARBON; LEAD; ZINC;

BIOASSAY; BIOMONITORING; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; HEAVY METAL; HYDROCARBON; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MICROCOSM; POLLUTION EFFECT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; STREAM; TOXICITY;

ARTHROPOD COMMUNITY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CATCHMENT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MICROCOSM; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT; STREAM (RIVER); TURBIDITY; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS; INVERTEBRATES; METALS, HEAVY; RIVERS; URBAN HEALTH; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 77950031551     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.11.019     Document Type: Article

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