Influence of water chemistry and environmental degradation on macroinvertebrate assemblages in a river basin in south-east Brazil

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 481, Issue , 2002, Pages 125-136

  Buss, Daniel F ^a   Baptista, Darcílio F ^a   Silveira, Mariana P ^a   Nessimian, Jorge L ^b   Dorvillé, Luís F M ^b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Benthic macroinvertebrates; Environmental degradation; Organic pollution; South east Brazil; Tropical river

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; OXYGEN; RAIN; RIVERS; SAMPLING; SAND; WATER POLLUTION;

CANONICAL CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS (CCA);

HYDROLOGY;

CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; MACROINVERTEBRATE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; WATER CHEMISTRY;

BRAZIL;

CHIRONOMIDAE; COLEOPTERA; EPHEMEROPTERA; MOLLUSCA; ODONATA; PLECOPTERA; RIPARIA; SIMULIIDAE; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 0036705138     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021281508709     Document Type: Article

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