Evaluation of biological integrity of a small urban stream system by investigating longitudinal variability of the fish assemblage

Chemosphere

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 777-788

  Siligato, S ^a,b   Bohmer J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b Aquatic Ecology and Engineering   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bioindicators; Biological assessment; Biomonitoring; Ecological integrity; Fish assemblage; Stream pollution

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; POPULATION STATISTICS; WATER POLLUTION;

LIMNOPHILIC SPECIES;

STREAM FLOW;

BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; FISH; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; RIVER POLLUTION;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; FISH; GERMANY; NONHUMAN; POLICY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STREAM (RIVER); VALIDATION PROCESS; WATER POLLUTION;

(SOUTHWEST); GERMANY;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 0036256206     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(02)00015-2     Document Type: Article

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