Ecological impact of river impoundment using benthic macro-invertebrates as indicators

Water Research

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 2427-2436

  Ogbeibu, A E ^a   Oribhabor, B J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Benthic macroinvertebrates; Ecological impact; Impoundment; Indicators; Tropics; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; OXYGEN; RESERVOIRS (WATER); STREAM FLOW;

MACROINVERTEBRATES; RIVER IMPOUNDMENTS;

RIVERS;

RIVER WATER; WATER;

BENTHOS; BIOINDICATOR; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; IMPOUNDMENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; POPULATION DENSITY; WATER QUALITY;

ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FLY; HYDROLOGY; INVERTEBRATE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SAMPLING; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; ANIMAL; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INSECT; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WATER POLLUTANT;

(SOUTH); NIGERIA;

DIPTERA; EPHEMEROPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; OLIGOCHAETA;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INSECTS; OLIGOCHAETA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 0035987998     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(01)00489-4     Document Type: Article

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