Mussel isotope signature as indicator of nutrient pollution in a freshwater eutrophic lake: Species, spatial, and seasonal variability

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 163, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 139-147

  Wen, Zhourui ^a,b,c   Xie, Ping ^a   Xu, Jun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Hubei Fishery Science Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Bioindicator; Biomonitoring; Freshwater mussel; Nutrient pollution; Stable nitrogen isotope

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; FRESHWATER MUSSELS; NUTRIENT POLLUTION; STABLE NITROGEN ISOTOPE;

BIOMARKERS; EUTROPHICATION; ISOTOPES; LAKE POLLUTION; LAKES; NITROGEN; POLLUTION;

NUTRIENTS;

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAKE WATER; METABOLISM; MOLLUSC; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; POLLUTION MONITORING; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; LAKE; MUSSEL; NITROGEN CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; TURNOVER TIME; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; FRESH WATER; SEASONS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

CHINA; TAIHU LAKE;

EID: 77952099194     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-009-0823-y     Document Type: Article

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