Nematode species at risk - A metric to assess pollution in soft sediments of freshwaters

Environment International

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 940-949

  Hoss S ^a   Claus, E ^b   Von der Ohe, P C ^c   Brinke, M ^d   Gude H ^e   Heininger, P ^b   Traunspurger, W ^d  

^a Ecossa   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (Germany)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^d BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e Institute of Lake Research (ISF) Langenargen   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benthic invertebrates; Freshwater; NemaSPEAR; Nematodes; Pollution; Soft sediments

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; POLLUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER POLLUTION; WATER;

BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES; FRESHWATER; NEMASPEAR; NEMATODES; SOFT SEDIMENTS;

SEDIMENTS;

FRESH WATER; METAL; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ACCUMULATION; BENTHOS; BIOINDICATOR; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FRESHWATER; NEMATODE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SURFACE WATER;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELD STUDY; FRESHWATER SPECIES; GERMANY; LAKE; MEIOFAUNA; MICROCOSM; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SOFT SEDIMENT; STRESS; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER CONTAMINATION;

INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA;

EID: 79955583593     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2011.03.013     Document Type: Article

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