Macroinvertebrate community as indicator of land-use changes in tropical watersheds, southern Brazil

Ecohydrology and Hydrobiology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-47

  Ometto, Jean P ^a   Gessner, Alaide ^b   Martinelli, Luiz A ^a   Bernardes, Marcelo C ^c   Krusche, Alex W ^a   Camargo, Plinio B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^c FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Benthic macroinvertebrates; Stream; Trophic relation; Tropical watersheds; Water quality

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; STREAM; SURFACE WATER; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 1942435263     PISSN: 16423593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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