Can salinity trigger cascade effects on streams? A mesocosm approach

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 540, Issue , 2016, Pages 3-10

  Cañedo Argüelles, Miguel ^a,b   Sala, Miquel ^b   Peixoto, Gabriela ^b   Prat, Narcís ^b   Faria, Melissa ^c   Soares, Amadeu M V M ^c   Barata, Carlos ^d   Kefford, Ben ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIC CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF CATALONIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^d INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aquatic invertebrates; Artificial streams; Biomarkers; Cascade effects; Predation; Salinization; Sub lethal effects; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIOMARKERS; CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA STREAMS; ECOSYSTEMS; TOXICITY;

AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES; ARTIFICIAL STREAMS; CASCADE EFFECTS; PREDATION; SALINIZATION; SUB LETHAL EFFECTS;

RIVERS;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CATALASE; CHLOROPHYLL A; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIPID PEROXIDASE; RIVER WATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; CHLOROPHYLL;

AQUATIC ORGANISM; BIOMARKER; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FOOD WEB; INVERTEBRATE; MESOCOSM; PREDATION; SALINITY; SALINIZATION; STREAM; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; TOXICITY; TROPHIC CASCADE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DINA LINEATA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOOD WEB; HERBIVORE; INVERTEBRATE; LEECH; MESOCOSM; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PREDATION; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SALINITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER FLOW; WATER SUPPLY; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; RIVER; WATER POLLUTION;

ALGAE; DINA LINEATA; INVERTEBRATA; TANYTARSINI;

ANIMALS; CHLOROPHYLL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; INVERTEBRATES; RIVERS; SALINITY; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84945461185     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.03.039     Document Type: Article

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