Benthic macroinvertebrates as indicators of water quality of southern Chile rivers;Macroinvertebrados bentónicos como indicadores de calidad de agua de ríos del sur de Chile

Revista Chilena de Historia Natural

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 275-285

  Figueroa, Ricardo ^a   Valdovinos, Claudio ^a   Araya, Elizabeth ^a   Parra, Oscar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Benthic macroinvertebrates; Chile; Family Biotic Index; Fluvial ecosystem; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; DIPTERA; EPHEMEROPTERA; PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 1042267832     PISSN: 0716078X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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