Aquatic macroinvertebrate diversity in Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve, India

Environmentalist

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 211-221

  Sharma, Ramesh C ^a   Bhanot, Geetu ^a   Singh, Deepak ^a  

^a H N B GARHWAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aquatic macroinvertebrates; Dhauliganga; Diversity indices; Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve; Uttaranchal

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; NANDA DEVI BIOSPHERE RESERVE; SOUTH ASIA; UTTARANCHAL; WORLD;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 22844448451     PISSN: 02511088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10669-005-0996-z     Document Type: Article

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