Anthropogenic impacts on the distribution and biodiversity of benthic macroinvertebrates and water quality of the Langat River, Peninsular Malaysia

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 337-347

  Azrina, M Z ^a   Yap, C K ^a   Rahim Ismail, A ^a   Ismail, A ^a   Tan, S G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic impacts; Benthic macroinvertebrates; Langat river; Peninsular Malaysia; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BENTHOS; DIVERSITY INDEX; MACROINVERTEBRATE; RIVER POLLUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STREAM; WATER QUALITY;

ANNELID WORM; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHIRONOMIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GASTROPOD; MACROBENTHOS; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MALAYSIA; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECORDING; RIVER; SCIENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TAXONOMY; TECHNOLOGY; URBAN AREA; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; INVERTEBRATES; MALAYSIA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; EURASIA; KUALA LUMPUR [KUALA LUMPUR (ADS)]; KUALA LUMPUR [WEST MALAYSIA]; LANGAT RIVER; MALAYSIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WEST MALAYSIA;

BRANCHIODRILUS; CHIRONOMIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; EPHEMEROPTERA; GASTROPODA; HIRUDINEA; INVERTEBRATA; LIMNODRILUS; ODONATA; PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 33744525958     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2005.04.003     Document Type: Article

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