River condition assessment may depend on the sub-sampling method: Field live-sort versus laboratory sub-sampling of invertebrates for bioassessment

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 572, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 195-213

  Nichols, Susan J ^a   Norris, Richard H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

AUSRIVAS; Biological assessment; Freshwater macroinvertebrates; Predictive model

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SAMPLING; WATER RESOURCES;

AUSRIVAS; BIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT; FRESHWATER MACROINVERTEBRATES; PREDICTIVE MODEL;

RIVERS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOINDICATOR; INVERTEBRATE; LABORATORY METHOD; RIVER WATER; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 33749324158     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0253-6     Document Type: Article

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