The use of invertebrates as indicators of environmental change in alpine rivers and lakes

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 493, Issue , 2014, Pages 1242-1254

  Khamis, K ^a   Hannah, D M ^a   Brown, L E ^b   Tiberti, R ^c,d   Milner, A M ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d Alpine Wildlife Research Centre Gran Paradiso National Park ^*  (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpine aquatic systems; Climate change; Glacier retreat; Indicator species; Macroinvertebrates; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC SYSTEM; GLACIER RETREAT; INDICATOR SPECIES; MACROINVERTEBRATES; ZOOPLANKTON;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEGLACIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FRANCE; GLACIER; HABITAT; INVERTEBRATE; ITALY; LAKE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; RIVER; TAXON; ZOOPLANKTON; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PROCEDURES;

INVERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INVERTEBRATES; LAKES; RIVERS;

EID: 84904735743     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.02.126     Document Type: Article

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