Assessment of water quality of the büyük menderes river (Turkey) by using ordination and classification of macroinvertebrates and environmental variables

Journal of Freshwater Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 605-612

  Dügel, Muzaffer ^a   Kazanci, Nilgün ^b,c  

^a ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c OR AN Sitesi Yilmaz Colpan   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BENTHOS; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; NEW RECORD; WATER QUALITY;

BUYUK MENDERES RIVER; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; TURKEY; WORLD;

AVES; BYRRHOIDEA; CATACLYSTA LEMNATA; COLEOPTERA; EUBRIA PALUSTRIS; LEPIDOPTERA; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; PETROPHILA; PSEPHENIDAE; PYRAUSTIDAE;

EID: 12544255310     PISSN: 02705060     EISSN: 21566941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02705060.2004.9664741     Document Type: Article

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