Comparing test systems to measure the salinity tolerance of freshwater invertebrates

Water SA

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 499-506

  Kefford, Ben J ^a   Palmer, Carolyn G ^b   Pakhomova, Larisa ^b,c   Nugegoda, Dayanthi ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute salinity tolerance; Stream invertebrates; Test system

Indexed keywords

RHEOLOGY; RIVERS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOLUTIONS;

INVERTEBRATES; IONIC PROPORTIONS; SALINITY TOLERANCE; TAXA;

SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; INVERTEBRATE; SALINITY; TESTING METHOD; TOLERANCE;

AFRICA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

ANCYLIDAE; BURNUPIA; BURNUPIA STENOCHORIAS; CARIDINA; CARIDINA NILOTICA; CLADOCERA; CORIXIDAE; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA CARINATA; DAPHNIIDAE; EPHEMEROPTERA; EUTHRAULUS ELEGANS; GASTROPODA; HEMIPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPTOPHLEBIIDAE; MICRONECTA; MICRONECTA ANNAE; MICRONECTA PICCANINA; PHYSA; PHYSA ACUTA; PHYSIDAE;

EID: 8444237134     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/wsa.v30i4.5102     Document Type: Article

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