Development and validation of a Biotic Index for evaluation of environmental quality in the central region of Argentina

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 543, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 279-298

  Hued, Andrea Cecilia ^a   Bistoni, María De Los Ángeles ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Biotic Index; Environmental quality; Freshwater fishes; Suqu a River Basin

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; RIVERS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS; WETLANDS;

ANTHROPOGENY; BIOTIC INDEX; DULCE RIVER; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY;

OCEAN HABITATS;

DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; INDEX METHOD; WATER QUALITY; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

ARGENTINA; CORDOBA [ARGENTINA]; PRIMERO RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ASTYANAX EIGENMANNIORUM; CNESTERODON; GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; PISCES; RINELORICARIA;

EID: 21244499741     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-004-7893-1     Document Type: Article

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