An overview of methods potentially suitable for pond biodiversity assessment

Archives des Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 131-140

  Indermuehle, Nicola ^a   Oertli, Beat ^a   Menetrey, Nathalie ^b   Sager, Lionel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Management; Monitoring; Small waterbodies; Species richness; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROLOGY; MONITORING; POTABLE WATER; WETLANDS;

BIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT; SMALL WATERBODIES; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BIODIVERSITY;

EID: 33748485381     PISSN: 1661464X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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