Overview and application of the AQEM assessment system

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 516, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 1-20

  Hering, Daniel ^a   Moog, Otto ^b   Sandin, Leonard ^c   Verdonschot, Piet F M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

AQEM; Europe; Macroinvertebrates; Multimetric index; Standardisation; Stream assessment

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA ACQUISITION; ECOLOGY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SAMPLING;

EUROPEAN UNION (EU); MACROINVERTEBRATES;

HYDROLOGY;

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; INDEX METHOD; MACROINVERTEBRATE; STREAM;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 3442881173     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HYDR.0000025255.70009.a5     Document Type: Review

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