Macroinvertebrate community on an artificial substrate in the Sava river: Long-term changes in the community structure and water quality

Biologia

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 611-620

  Mihaljevic, Zlatko ^a   Kerovec, Mladen ^a   Tavcar, Vladimira ^a   Bukvić, Ivancica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Artificial substrate; Croatia; Macroinvertebrates; The Sava river; Water quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 18044374352     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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