Metal-induced shifts in benthic macroinvertebrate community composition in Andean high altitude streams

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2761-2768

  Loayza Muro, Raúl A ^a,b   Elías Letts, Rafaela ^a   Marticorena Ruíz, Jenny K ^a   Palomino, Edwin J ^c   Duivenvoorden, Joost F ^b   Kraak, Michiel H S ^b   Admiraal, Wim ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL SANTIAGO ANTÚNEZ DE MAYOLO   (Peru)

Author keywords

Andean high altitude streams; Community composition; Macroinvertebrates; Metal pollution; Taxa replacement

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HIGH ALTITUDE; MACROINVERTEBRATES; METAL POLLUTION; TAXA REPLACEMENT;

LEAD; MANGANESE; METALS; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLLUTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; STREAM FLOW;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; LEAD; MANGANESE; ZINC;

ALTITUDE; BEETLE; BENTHOS; CONDUCTIVITY; CONTAMINATED LAND; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; CRUSTACEAN; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; LEAD; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MITE; MOUNTAIN STREAM; PH; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TOXICITY; ZINC;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREAM (RIVER); TAXONOMY;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INVERTEBRATES; METALS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ACARI; COLEOPTERA; CRUSTACEA; DIPTERA; EPHEMEROPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 78249262951     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.327     Document Type: Article

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