Biological assessment of rivers in the Manawatu-Wanganui region of New Zealand using a predictive macroinvertebrate model

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 367-379

  Joy, Michael K ^a   Death, Russell G ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Macroinvertebrates; Predictive models; RIVPACS

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; CLASSIFICATION; MACROINVERTEBRATE; RIVER;

MANAWATU; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WANGANUI;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0142027821     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2003.9517173     Document Type: Article

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