Towards diagnostic biotic indices for river macroinvertebrates

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 364, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 169-182

  Chessman, Bruce C ^a,b   McEvoy, Paul K ^a,c  

^a Water Technology Australia   (Australia)

^b NSW Department of Land and Water Conservation   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN WATER QUALITY CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benthos; Biological monitoring; Biotic index; Macroinvertebrates; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ALDERFLY; AUSTRALIA; BEETLE; BIOTIC INDEX; DAMSELFLY; DRAGONFLY; EFFLUENT; MAYFLY; MOLLUSC; POLLUTION MONITORING; RIVER; SEWAGE TREATMENT; STRESS TOLERANCE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BIOTIC INDEX; DAM; HEAVY METAL; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SEWAGE;

AUSTRALIA, (SOUTHEAST);

BEUROPTERA; COENAGRIONIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CORYDALIDAE; ELMIDAE; EPHEMEROPTERA; GASTROPODA; LEPTOPHLEBIIDAE; LESTIDAE; LIBELLULIDAE; ODONATA; OSTRACODA; SCIRTIDAE; THIARIDAE;

EID: 0031397644     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1003142819625     Document Type: Article

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