Bioassessment of organically polluted Spanish rivers, using a biotic index and multivariate methods

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 332-352

  Zamora Munoz C ^a   Alba Tercedor, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

BMWP' biotic index; CCA; environmental factors; hardness; indicator organism; macroinvertebrates; organic pollution; rivers; Spain; TWINSPAN

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029818116     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1467281     Document Type: Article

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