Analysing benthic macroinvertebrate community changes along a pollution gradient: A framework for the development of biotic indices

Water Research

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 884-892

  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; BMWP; Chandler score; Community changes; River Trent; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY; INVERTEBRATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SCORING SYSTEM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER POLLUTION;

INVERTEBRATA;

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

BIOTIC INDICES; CHANDLER SCORE SYSTEM; MACROINVERTEBRATE COMMUNITY;

RIVERS;

EID: 0031107031     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(96)00322-3     Document Type: Article

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