Effects of urbanization on streams of the Melbourne region, Victoria, Australia. I. Benthic macroinvertebrate communities

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 535-551

  Walsh, Christopher J ^a   Sharpe, Andrew K ^a   Breen, Peter F ^a   Sonneman, Jason A ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioassessment; Diffuse source; Landscape; Pollution; Receiving waters; Watershed

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BASALT; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CATCHMENT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DRAINAGE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HINTERLAND COMMUNITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; STORM WATER; STREAM; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; RIVER POLLUTION; STORMWATER; URBANIZATION; ZOOBENTHOS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0035042204     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2001.00690.x     Document Type: Article

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