Spatiotemporal variations in species diversity to assess environmental impacts on aquatic communities: The use of biomass data versus density data

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 125-136

  Camargo, Julio A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GLYCOPROTEIN P; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT;

AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; NONHUMAN; RIVER; SPAIN;

BIOMASS DATA; DENSITY DATA; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

SPAIN, DURATON RIVER;

EID: 0029661760     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00414386     Document Type: Article

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