Quality control of drinking water from the River Rhine with the Multispecies Freshwater Biomonitor

Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management

Volumn 6, Issue 2 SPEC. ISS., 2003, Pages 159-166

  Gerhardt, A ^a   Janssens De Bisthoven, L ^a   Penders, E ^b  

^a LimCo International   (Germany)

^b Laboratory for Special Research   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biological early warning system; Biotest; Daphnia magna; Drinking water; Gammarus pulex; Multispecies Freshwater Biomonitor; Online biomonitoring

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; GAMMARUS PULEX; PULEX;

EID: 0042411281     PISSN: 14634988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14634980301466     Document Type: Conference Paper

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