Ten years trends in the oligochaete and chironomid fauna of Lake Neuchâtel (Switzerland)

Revue Suisse de Zoologie

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 543-558

  Lods Crozet, Brigitte ^a   Reymond, Olivier ^a  

^a Laboratoire du Service des Eaux   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Micropollutant; Organic deposition; Profundal zone; Sediment contamination; Zoobenthos

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANNELIDA; CHIRONOMIDAE; POTAMOTHRIX VEJDOVSKYI; STYLODRILUS HERINGIANUS;

EID: 21244431609     PISSN: 0035418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5962/bhl.part.80313     Document Type: Article

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