Looking for metrics to assess the trophic state of ponds. Macroinvertebrates and amphibians

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 653-664

  Menetrey, N ^a   Sager, L ^a   Oertli, B ^b   Lachavanne, J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bioindicators; Eutrophication; Small water bodies; Water quality; Zoobenthos

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BIOMONITORING; HABITAT QUALITY; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; TROPHIC STATUS; WATER QUALITY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

AMPHIBIA; COLEOPTERA; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MEGALOPTERA; ODONATA;

EID: 28144464152     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.746     Document Type: Conference Paper

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