Influence of substrate type and physico-chemical conditions on macroinvertebrate faunas and biotic indices of some lowland Waikato, New Zealand, streams

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-19

  Collier, Kevin J ^a   Ilcock, Robert J ^a   Meredith, Adrian S ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b Environment Waikato   (New Zealand)

^c Environment Canterbury New Zealand   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biotic index; Lowland stream; Macroinvertebrate; Macrophyte; New Zealand; Rapid bioassessment; Water quality; Wood

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; BIOMASS; BIOTIC INDEX; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NEW ZEALAND; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STREAM; SUBSTRATE; TEMPERATURE; TURBIDITY; WATER ANALYSIS;

ABUNDANCE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STREAM;

NEW ZEALAND; WAIKATO;

AUSTROSIMULIUM; NEONELLA FORSYTHII; POTAMOPYRGUS ANTIPODARUM; TRICOPTERA;

EID: 0032420280     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.1998.9516802     Document Type: Article

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