The influence of urbanisation on macroinvertebrate biodiversity in constructed stormwater wetlands

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 536, Issue , 2015, Pages 527-537

  Mackintosh, Teresa J ^a   Davis, Jenny A ^b   Thompson, Ross M ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Constructed wetlands; Homogenization; Macroinvertebrates; Stormwater; Water quality; Wetland management

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CATCHMENTS; ECOSYSTEMS; HOMOGENIZATION METHOD; IMPURITIES; RUNOFF; STORMS; WATER QUALITY;

AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MACROINVERTEBRATE COMMUNITY; MACROINVERTEBRATES; STORMWATER QUANTITY; STORMWATERS; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

WETLANDS;

STORM WATER;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; MACROINVERTEBRATE; STORMWATER; URBANIZATION; WATER QUALITY; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

ANOXIA; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; CATCHMENT; CHIRONOMIDAE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EUTROPHICATION; HABITAT USE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL TOLERANCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES DOMINANCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBANIZATION; WATER QUALITY; WETLAND; WILDLIFE; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INVERTEBRATE; PHYSIOLOGY;

AUSTRALIA; MELBOURNE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; INVERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND REMEDIATION; INVERTEBRATES; URBANIZATION; WETLANDS;

EID: 84938309892     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.07.066     Document Type: Article

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