The functional response of a freshwater benthic community to cadmium pollution

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 162, Issue , 2012, Pages 104-109

  Faupel, Michael ^a   Ristau, Kai ^a   Traunspurger, Walter ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecosystem functioning; P B ratio; Secondary production

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC COMMUNITIES; CHEMICAL STRESS; DRY SEDIMENTS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING; FOOD WEBS; FRESHWATER COMMUNITY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; MICROCOSM STUDIES; SECONDARY PRODUCTION;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BACTERIA; CADMIUM; POLLUTION CONTROL; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CADMIUM;

BENTHOS; BIOMASS; CADMIUM; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; METAZOON; MICROCOSM; NONHUMAN; PROTOZOON; SECONDARY PRODUCTION (BIOMASS); SEDIMENT; STRESS; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BACTERIA; CADMIUM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LAKES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

METAZOA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 82655186735     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.11.004     Document Type: Article

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