Sediment organic tin contamination promotes impoverishment of non-biting midge species communities in the Archipelago Sea, S-W Finland

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1333-1344

  Lilley, T ^a   Ruokolainen, L ^b   Vesterinen, E ^a   Paasivirta, L ^c   Norrdahl, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Chironomid; Community; Organic tin compound; Species distribution

Indexed keywords

ORGANOTIN COMPOUND; TRIBUTYLTIN;

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FOOD WEB; INSECT; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TIN; TRIBUTYLTIN;

ARTICLE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOLOGY; FINLAND; FOOD WEB; GEOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COMMUNITY; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TERRESTRIAL FOOD WEB; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ARCHIPELAGO SEA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; FINLAND;

CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE;

EID: 84865012442     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: 15733017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-012-0887-2     Document Type: Article

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