Efficiency of the SSASS4 rapid bioassessment protocol in determining river health: A case study on the Mhlathuze River, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Water SA

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 13-22

  Vos, P ^a   Wepener, V ^b   Cyrus, D P ^c  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; ECOSYSTEMS; OCEAN HABITATS; WATER QUALITY;

BIOASSESSMENTS;

RIVERS;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOASSAY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

KWAZULU-NATAL; MHLATHUZE RIVER; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0036186266     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/wsa.v28i1.4862     Document Type: Article

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