A potential for the use of dragonfly (Odonata) diversity as a bioindicator of the efficiency of sewage lagoons

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 233-236

  Catling, Paul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Bioindicator; Canada; Dragonflies; Odonata; Ontario; Pollution; Sewage lagoons; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; DRAGONFLY; LAGOON; SEWAGE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WATER QUALITY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO;

ANAX JUNIUS; ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); ARTHROPODA; ENALLAGMA CIVILE; ERYTHEMIS SIMPLICICOLLIS; ISCHNURA VERTICALIS; LESTES DISJUNCTUS; LEUCORRHINIA; ODONATA;

EID: 33746037231     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22621/cfn.v119i2.111     Document Type: Article

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