Effects of municipal wastewater on aquatic ecosystem structure and function in the receiving stream

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 454-455, Issue , 2013, Pages 401-410

  Englert, Dominic ^a   Zubrod, Jochen P ^a   Schulz, Ralf ^a   Bundschuh, Mirco ^a,b  

^a University of Koblenz Landau   (Germany)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ecosystem functions; Gammarus; In situ; Leaf decomposition; Micropollutants; Powdered activated carbon

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS; GAMMARUS; LEAF DECOMPOSITIONS; MICROPOLLUTANTS; POWDERED ACTIVATED CARBON;

ACTIVATED CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; DILUTION; ECOSYSTEMS; EFFLUENTS; TOXICITY;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED CARBON;

ACTIVATED CARBON; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LEAF LITTER; STREAMWATER; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

AMPHIPODA; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; ECOTOXICITY; EFFLUENT; FEEDING; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GAMMARID; GERMANY; LEAF LITTER; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COMMUNITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREAM (RIVER); SUMMER; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WINTER;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOMASS; CHARCOAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FUNGI; GERMANY; INVERTEBRATES; PLANT LEAVES; RIVERS; SEASONS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER;

GERMANY;

GAMMARIDAE; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS FOSSARUM;

EID: 84876336284     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.03.025     Document Type: Article

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