Use of benthic macroinvertebrates as organic pollution indicators in lotic environments of the Parana River drainage basin

Polskie Archiwum Hydrobiologii

Volumn 46, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 233-255

  Marchese, Mercedes ^a   De Drago, Ines Ezcurra ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE LIMNOLOGÍA CONICET UNL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Macroinvertebrates; Organic pollution; Parana River drainage basin; Species association

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; MACROINVERTEBRATE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; WATER QUALITY; ZOOBENTHOS;

ARGENTINA;

AXARUS; CHIRONOMUS XANTHUS; CRIPTOCHIRONOMUS; GLYPTOTENDIPES; HELEOBIA PARCHAPPEI; LIMNODRILUS HOFFMEISTERI; MICROPSECTRA; PARACHIRONOMUS; PRISTINA AMERICANA; TUBIFEX TUBIFEX;

EID: 0033513486     PISSN: 00323764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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