The effects of sampling technique on the ecological characterization of shallow, benthic macroinvertebrate communities in two Newfoundland ponds

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 477, Issue , 2002, Pages 31-39

  Muzaffar, Sabir B ^a   Colbo, Murray H ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Artificial substrate; Benthic macroinvertebrates; Biomonitoring; Freshwater ponds; Sampling technique

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; MONITORING; SUBSTRATES; WATER QUALITY;

SAMPLING TECHNIQUES;

SURFACE WATERS;

BIOMONITORING; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; POND; ZOOBENTHOS;

CANADA;

EID: 0036624834     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021008526284     Document Type: Article

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