Disentangling the responses of boreal stream assemblages to low stressor levels of diffuse pollution and altered channel morphology

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 544, Issue , 2016, Pages 954-962

  Turunen, Jarno ^a,b   Muotka, Timo ^a,b   Vuori, Kari Matti ^c,d   Karjalainen, Satu Maaria ^a   Rääpysjärvi, Jaana ^a   Sutela, Tapio ^e   Aroviita, Jukka ^a  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^d LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^e FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Fish; Hydromorphology; Macroinvertebrates; Macrophytes; Nutrient enrichment

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; FILTER BANKS; FISH; FORESTRY; LAND USE; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC CARBON; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLLUTION; QUALITY CONTROL; RIVER POLLUTION; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TIMBER; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER POLLUTION;

DIATOMS; HYDROMORPHOLOGY; MACROINVERTEBRATES; MACROPHYTES; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENTS;

POLLUTION CONTROL;

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; CHANNELIZATION; DIATOM; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FISH; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MACROPHYTE; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAM;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FISH; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LAND USE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MACROPHYTE; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAM (RIVER); WATER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER TRANSPORT; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; AQUATIC SPECIES; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INVERTEBRATE; PROCEDURES; RIVER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIODIVERSITY; DIATOMS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; INVERTEBRATES; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84954190870     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.12.031     Document Type: Article

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