Assessment of environmental conditions of Nan-Shih stream in Taiwan

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 430-441

  Hu, Tung Jer ^a   Wang, Hsiao Wen ^b   Lee, Hong Yuan ^b  

^a LAN YANG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Algae; Biotic integrity; Environmental indicators; Fish; Invertebrate; Restoration

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; RESTORATION; STREAM FLOW;

BIOTIC INTEGRITY; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS; FISHES; INVERTEBRATE;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ALGA; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; INSECT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; STREAM;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NAN-SHIH STREAM; TAIWAN;

ALGAE; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 33846642496     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2006.04.003     Document Type: Article

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