A feasibility study to monitor the macroinvertebrate diversity of the River Nile using three sampling methods

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 556, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 137-147

  Fishar, M Reda ^a   Williams, W Peter ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Egypt)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benthic macroinvertebrates; Biodiversity; Nile; River; Sampling

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; MARINE BIOLOGY; RIVERS; SAMPLING;

ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATE SAMPLERS (ASS); BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES; NILE;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; RIVER; SAMPLING;

AFRICA; NILE RIVER;

EID: 29344453132     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-005-1262-6     Document Type: Article

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