Detecting changes in the benthic invertebrate community in response to increasing chloride in streams in Toronto, Canada

Freshwater Science

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 353-363

  Wallace, Angela M ^a   Biastoch, Raymond G ^a  

^a Toronto Region Conservation Authority   (Canada)

Author keywords

Artificial salinization; Benthic macroinvertebrates; Chloride; Road salt; TITAN

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; CHLORIDE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DETECTION METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INVERTEBRATE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SALINIZATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER CHEMISTRY;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84960925202     PISSN: 21619549     EISSN: 21619565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/685297     Document Type: Conference Paper

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