Variability of the benthonic macroinvertebrate community in relation water quality;Variación de la comunidad de macroinvertebrados bentónicos en relación con la calidad de las aguas

Limnetica

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 683-692

  Oscoz, J ^a   Campos, F ^b   Escala, M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY MIGUEL DE CERVANTES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bentonic macroinvertebrates; Flow regulation; Organic pollution; River alteration

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MACROBENTHOS; MACROINVERTEBRATE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POPULATION DECLINE; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; LARRAUN RIVER; NAVARRA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

CHIRONOMIDAE; EPHEMEROPTERA; GAMMARIDAE;

EID: 33846495040     PISSN: 02138409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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