Macroinvertebrate community structure, secondary production and trophic-level dynamics in urban streams affected by non-point-source pollution

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 843-857

  Johnson, Robert C ^a   Jin, Hwa Seong ^a   Carreiro, Margaret M ^a   Jack, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conductivity; Macroinvertebrate production; Nutrient enrichment; Trophic level dynamics; Urbanisation

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA;

EID: 84876319520     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12090     Document Type: Article

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