Benthic macroinvertebrate communities as indicators of river environment quality: An experience in Nicaragua

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 50, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 1125-1131

  Fenoglio, Stefano ^a   Badino, Guido ^b   Bona, Francesca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benthic macroinvertebrates; Biological monitoring; Biotic indexes; Nicaragua

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INVERTEBRATE; METHODOLOGY; NICARAGUA;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; INVERTEBRATES; NICARAGUA;

EID: 0041305796     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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