Using macroinvertebrate species assemblages to identify river channel habitat units: An application of the functional habitats concept to a large, unpolluted Italian river (River Ticino, northern Italy)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 435, Issue , 2000, Pages 213-225

  Buffagni, Andrea ^a   Crosa, Giuseppe A ^b   Harper, David M ^c   Kemp, Joanna L ^c  

^a WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Flow; Habitat; Hydraulics; Macroinvertebrates; River

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; HABITAT TYPE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; RIVER;

ITALY;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034664838     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004124717508     Document Type: Article

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