The role of periphyton in mediating the effects of pollution in a stream ecosystem

Environmental Management

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 563-576

  Hill, Walter R ^a,b   Ryon, Michael G ^a   Smith, John G ^a   Adams, S Marshall ^a   Boston, Harry L ^a,c   Stewart, Arthur J ^a,d  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^c Boston Government Services   (United States)

^d OAK RIDGE ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Eutrophication; Metals; Nutrients; Periphyton; Stream fish

Indexed keywords

ATTACHED ALGAE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIOMONITORING; CONCENTRATION OF; DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY; EAST FORK POPLAR CREEK; FISH COMMUNITIES; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HIGH RATE; NATIONAL SECURITY; PERIPHYTONS; PRIMARY PRODUCERS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REFERENCE SITES; SITE TO SITES; STREAM ECOSYSTEMS; STREAM FISH; STREAM WATER; TROPHIC LEVEL; UPSTREAM SITES;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; CADMIUM; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOSYSTEMS; EUTROPHICATION; FISH; HYDRAULICS; LEAD; MERCURY (METAL); METALS; NUTRIENTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RIVERS; ZINC;

RIVER POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; MERCURY; NICKEL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; ZINC;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOMONITORING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EUTROPHICATION; FISH; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HEAVY METAL; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NUTRIENT; PCB; PERIPHYTON; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION EFFECT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RIVER POLLUTION; STREAMWATER; TROPHIC LEVEL;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMASS DISTRIBUTION; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; GRAZING; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; ORGANISM COMMUNITY; PERIPHYTON; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; STREAM (RIVER); WATER POLLUTION;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; BIOMASS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; FISHES; INVERTEBRATES; METALS; NITROGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RIVERS; TENNESSEE; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

ALGAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 77952095855     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-010-9425-2     Document Type: Article

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