Riverine macroinvertebrate responses to chlorine and chlorinated sewage effluents - Community structure in the Umsunduze and Umbilo Rivers, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Water SA

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 473-481

  Palmer, C G ^a   Williams, M L ^a   Gordon, A K ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Baetis harrisoni; Biomonitoring; Ecotoxicology; Mayfly; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CHLORINATION; EFFLUENTS; PURIFICATION; RIVERS; SEWAGE TREATMENT; TOXICITY;

CHLORINATED TREATMENT; SEWAGE PURIFICATION;

SEWAGE;

BIOMONITORING; CHLORINE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EFFLUENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SEWAGE; WATER QUALITY;

AFRICA; KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

BAETIS; CHIRONOMIDAE; EPHEMEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0345014807     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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