The meiofauna community of two small German streams as indicator of pollution

Journal of Aquatic Ecosystem Stress and Recovery

Volumn 8, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 387-405

  Beier, S ^a   Traunspurger, W ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Freshwater; Maturity index; Meiofauna; Nematoda; Secernentea Adenophorea; Streams

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; INORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

BIOMARKER; MEIOFAUNA; STREAM; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANNELID WORM; AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUTROPHICATION; GERMANY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALIA; ANNELIDA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHIRONOMIDAE; CHROMADOREA; NEMATODA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); SECERNENTEA; TARDIGRADA; TOBRILUS LONGUS;

EID: 0035210604     PISSN: 13861980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012965424527     Document Type: Article

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