The validity of the Gammarus:Asellus ratio as an index of organic pollution: Abiotic and biotic influences

Water Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 75-84

  MacNeil, Calum ^a   Dick, Jaimie T A ^a   Bigsby, Ewan ^b   Elwood, Robert W ^a   Ian Montgomery, W ^a   Gibbins, Chris N ^c   Kelly, David W ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biotic indices; Gammarus:Asellus ratio; Organic pollution; Predation; Richness indices

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY;

BIOTIC INTERACTION; ORGANIC POLLUTION;

WATER POLLUTION;

AMMONIA; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITRATE;

ABUNDANCE; BIOINDICATOR; BIOTIC FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MACROINVERTEBRATE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAUNA; GAMMARUS; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEASONAL VARIATION; VEGETATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

ASELLUS; ASELLUS AQUATICUS; EPHEMEROPTERA; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS DUEBENI; PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 0036027482     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(01)00218-4     Document Type: Article

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