Aquatic pollution assessment based on attached diatom communities in the Pinang River Basin, Malaysia

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 487, Issue , 2002, Pages 229-241

  Wan Maznah, W O ^a   Mansor, Mashhor ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Biological assessment; Biological indices; Diatom; Pollution; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; STREAM FLOW; WATER TREATMENT;

RIVER BASINS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIATOM; RIVER POLLUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

MALAYSIA;

ARECA CATECHU; BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 0036878784     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022942200740     Document Type: Article

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