A freeze-corer for simultaneous sampling of benthic macroinvertebrates and bed sediment from shallow streams

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 412, Issue , 1999, Pages 213-215

  Hill, M T R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benthic; Freeze corer; Macroinvertebrates; Sampling; Sediment; Stream

Indexed keywords

FIELD METHOD; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SAMPLING;

EID: 0033208487     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003820920670     Document Type: Article

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