Comparison of different biological indices for the assessment of river quality: Application to the upper river Moselle (France)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 570, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 159-164

  Thiébaut, Gabrielle ^a   Tixier, Guillaume ^a   Guérold, François ^a   Muller, Serge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Chemical survey; Indices; Macroinvertebrates; Macrophytes; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; MICROORGANISMS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PLANTS (BOTANY); RIVERS; SAMPLING; WATER POLLUTION;

BIOLOGICAL INDICES; CHEMICAL SURVEYS; MACROINVERTEBRATES; MACROPHYTES;

WATER QUALITY;

BIOMONITORING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MACROPHYTE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RIVER POLLUTION; VEGETATION INDEX; WATER QUALITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MOSELLE RIVER;

EID: 33748306066     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0176-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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