The effects of a basic effluent on macroinvertebrate community structure in a temporary Mediterranean river

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 301-307

  Coimbra, C N ^a   Graca M A S ^a   Cortes, R M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Alkaline pollution; Bioindicators; Macroinvertebrates; Multivariate analysis; Temporary rivers

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; RIVER WATER; SULFATE;

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INVERTEBRATE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PH; PORTUGAL; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NITRATE; SULPHATE;

PORTUGAL, ALENTEJO RIVER;

CHIRONOMIDAE; EPHEMEROPTERA; PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 0030303587     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(96)00091-7     Document Type: Article

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