The presence of a river bird, the dipper, in relation to water quality and biotic indices in central Italy

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 89-96

  Sorace, Alberto ^a   Formichetti, Paolo ^a   Boano, Aldo ^b   Andreani, Paolo ^a   Gramegna, Cristiano ^a   Mancini, Laura ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b SROPU   (Italy)

Author keywords

Altitude; Biotic index; Dipper; River; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; WATER POLLUTION;

REACHES;

WATER QUALITY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; RIVER WATER;

BIOINDICATOR; BIRD; STREAM; WATER QUALITY;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BIRD; DEGRADATION; GEOGRAPHY; ITALY; POLLUTION; STREAM (RIVER); WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INVERTEBRATES; ITALY; MOVEMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SONGBIRDS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

ITALY;

AVES; CINCLIDAE; CINCLUS; CINCLUS CINCLUS;

EID: 0036162266     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(01)00237-8     Document Type: Article

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