Measuring the responses of macroinvertebrate communities to water pollution: A comparison of multivariate approaches, biotic and diversity indices

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 341, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-19

  Cao, Yong ^a,b   Bark, Anthony W ^a   Williams, W Peter ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biotic indices; community structure; macroinvertebrates; multivariate analyses; river pollution

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC INDICES; DIVERSITY INDICES; MACROINVERTEBRATE; POLLUTION; RIVER POLLUTION; SEWAGE;

UK, ENGLAND, TRENT RIVER;

EID: 0030321896     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00012298     Document Type: Article

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