The effect of organic pollution on the macroinvertebrate fauna of Ecuadorian highland streams

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 179-195

  Jacobsen, Dean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MACROINVERTEBRATE; MOUNTAIN STREAM; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTION EFFECT;

ANDES; ECUADOR;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031791767     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/archiv-hydrobiol/143/1998/179     Document Type: Article

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