Ecology and distribution of ostracods in a polluted Mediterranean river

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 148, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 87-103

  Mezquita, F ^a   Hernandez R ^a   Rueda, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

(palaeo) ecology; Ostracods; Polluted streams; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; CHLORIDE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGY; EFFLUENT; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEWAGE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

ECOLOGY; RIVER POLLUTION;

SPAIN;

EID: 0344389044     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(98)00177-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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