Community ecology theory predicts the effects of agrochemical mixtures on aquatic biodiversity and ecosystem properties

Ecology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 932-941

  Halstead, Neal T ^a   Mcmahon, Taegan A ^a   Johnson, Steve A ^b   Raffel, Thomas R ^c   Romansic, John M ^d   Crumrine, Patrick W ^e   Rohr, Jason R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d H T HARVEY AND ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^e ROWAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contaminant; Ecosystem function; Ecosystem services; Freshwater ecosystem; Mesocosm; Pesticide

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; FRESH WATER; PESTICIDE;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOTA; CONTAMINANT; DRUG EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; INVERTEBRATE; LETTER; MESOCOSM; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DENSITY;

CONTAMINANT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; MESOCOSM; PESTICIDE;

AGROCHEMICALS; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOTA; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; INVERTEBRATES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 84903720519     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12295     Document Type: Article

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