Are biological communities in naturally unproductive streams resistant to additional anthropogenic stressors?

Ecological Applications

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1887-1897

  Annala, M ^a   Mykra H ^a   Tolkkinen, M ^a   Kauppila, T ^b   Muotka, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Benthic invertebrates; Black shale; Bryophytes; Diatoms; Forest drainage; Multiple stressors; Natural acidity; Species richness; Species turnover; Streams

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAMWATER; TAXONOMY; TOLERANCE;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; INVERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD CHAIN; FOREST; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; INVERTEBRATE; PHYSIOLOGY; RIVER; WATER FLOW;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; FORESTS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; INVERTEBRATES; RIVERS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 84919392088     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19395582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-2267.1     Document Type: Article

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