The effect of habitat-specific sampling on biological assessment of water quality using a predictive model

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 419-434

  Parsons, Melissa ^a   Norris, Richard H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT; HABITAT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SAMPLING; STREAMWATER QUALITY; WATER QUALITY;

AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY;

EID: 0030301008     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.1996.00088.x     Document Type: Article

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