Effects of land use on water chemistry and macroinvertebrates in two streams of the Piracicaba river basin, south-east Brazil

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 327-337

  Ometo, Jean Pierre H B ^a   Martinelli, Luiz A ^a   Ballester, Maria Victoria ^b   Gessner, Alaídes ^a   Krusche, Alex V ^a   Victoria, Reynaldo L ^a   Williams, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Land use; Macroinvertebrate; Piracicaba; Pollution; Streams; Water chemistry

Indexed keywords

LAND USE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; STREAM; WATER CHEMISTRY;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0034047141     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2000.00557.x     Document Type: Review

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