Impacts of pesticides and natural stressors on leaf litter decomposition in agricultural streams

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 416, Issue , 2012, Pages 148-155

  Rasmussen, Jes Jesssen ^a   Wiberg Larsen, Peter ^a   Baattrup Pedersen, Annette ^a   Monberg, Rikke Juul ^b   Kronvang, Brian ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Leaf litter decomposition; Macroinvertebrates; Microorganisms; Multiple stressors; Pesticide contamination; Streams

Indexed keywords

ADDITIONAL STRESS; AGRICULTURAL PESTICIDES; AGRICULTURAL STREAMS; ECOSYSTEM PROCESS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FORESTED STREAMS; GAMMARUS PULEX; LEAF LITTER DECOMPOSITION; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; LITTERBAGS; MACROINVERTEBRATES; MESH SIZE; MULTIPLE STRESSORS; PHYSICAL HABITAT; SOFT SUBSTRATES; STREAM ECOSYSTEMS; STREAMS;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; ECOSYSTEMS; EUTROPHICATION; MICROORGANISMS; PESTICIDE EFFECTS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

FUNGICIDE; HERBICIDE; PESTICIDE;

AMPHIPOD; DECOMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EUTROPHICATION; LEAF LITTER; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MESH SIZE; MICROORGANISM; PESTICIDE; SUBSTRATE; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRESS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EUTROPHICATION; FIELD STUDY; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS PULEX; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROHABITAT; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STREAM (RIVER);

AGRICULTURE; ECOSYSTEM; PESTICIDES; PLANT LEAVES; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

GAMMARUS PULEX;

EID: 84856221557     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.11.057     Document Type: Article

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