Are river bioassessment methods using macroinvertebrates applicable to wetlands?

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 572, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 115-128

  Davis, Jenny ^a   Horwitz, Pierre ^b   Norris, Richard ^c   Chessman, Bruce ^d   McGuire, Megan ^a   Sommer, Bea ^b  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^d NSW Department of Land and Water Conservation   (Australia)

Author keywords

Macroinvertebrates; Predictive model; RIVPACS; Wetland bioassessment

Indexed keywords

MACROINVERTEBRATES; PREDICTIVE MODEL; RIVPACS; WETLAND BIOASSESSMENT;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COSTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; WETLANDS;

RIVERS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MONITORING; RIVER WATER; WETLAND;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; SWAN COASTAL PLAIN; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 33749340585     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-005-1033-4     Document Type: Article

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