Initial development of a multi-metric index based on aquatic macroinvertebrates to assess streams condition in the Upper Isiboro- Sécure Basin, Bolivian Amazon

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 589, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 107-116

  Moya, Nabor ^a   Tomanova, Sylvie ^b   Oberdorff, Thierry ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN SIMÓN   (Bolivia)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic disturbance; Benthic invertebrates; Bioassessment; Neotropical streams

Indexed keywords

BIOACTIVITY; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCES; BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES; BIOASSESSMENT; NEOTROPICAL STREAMS;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BENTHOS; DISTURBANCE; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEOTROPICAL REGION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; STREAM;

BOLIVIA; ISIBORO SECURE NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH AMERICA;

CHIRONOMIDAE; EPHEMEROPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 34547092662     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-0725-3     Document Type: Article

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