Patterns of insect communities along a stress gradient following decommissioning of a Cu-Ni smelter

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 159, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3036-3043

  Babin Fenske, Jennifer ^a   Anand, Madhur ^b  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Carabidae; Copper nickel smelter; Formicidae; Insect community; Pollution gradient; Terrestrial insects

Indexed keywords

CARABIDAE; COPPER-NICKEL SMELTER; FORMICIDAE; INSECT COMMUNITY; POLLUTION GRADIENT; TERRESTRIAL INSECTS;

BIODIVERSITY; COPPER COMPOUNDS; NICKEL SMELTING; POLLUTION CONTROL;

COPPER SMELTING;

COPPER; NICKEL;

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; COPPER; DECOMMISSIONING; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; INSECT; NICKEL; POLLUTION EFFECT; SMELTING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

ANT; ARTHROPOD COMMUNITY; ARTICLE; BEETLE; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES HABITAT; STRESS;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; INSECTS; METALLURGY; NICKEL; ONTARIO; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 80052322880     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.04.011     Document Type: Article

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