Biological assessment of the Kaveri River catchment, South India, using benthic macroinvertebrates: Applicability of water quality monitoring approaches developed in other countries

International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 113-132

  Sivaramakrishnan, K G ^a   Hannaford, Morgan J ^b   Resh, Vincent H ^b  

^a THE MADURA COLLEGE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic; Belgian Biotic index; Bioassessment; Biological Monitoring; Biomonitoring Working Party Score; Biotic Index; Insect; Pollution; Rapid Bioassessment; Shannon Weiner Diversity Index

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; MACROBENTHOS; WATER QUALITY;

INDIA, TAMIL NADU, KAVERI RIVER;

EID: 0030326692     PISSN: 0377015X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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