Critical appraisal of the indexes of chironomid larval deformities and their use in bioindication

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 179-186

  Hämäläinen, Heikki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; TOXICITY;

BIOINDICATOR; IDENTIFICATION KEY; LARVA; POLLUTION EFFECT;

EID: 0344631629     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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