Tracing sewage-derived organic matter into a shallow groundwater food web using stable isotope and fluorescence signatures

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 119-129

  Hartland, Adam ^a   Fenwick, Graham D ^b   Bury, Sarah J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

pollution; stygofauna

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AMPHIPOD; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; FLUORESCENCE; FOOD WEB; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; INVERTEBRATE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ORGANIC MATTER; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; STABLE ISOTOPE; WASTE TREATMENT;

NEW ZEALAND;

AMPHIPODA; ANNELIDA; DYTISCIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); OSTRACODA;

EID: 79952122607     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF10110     Document Type: Article

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