Bioassessment of streams with macroinvertebrates: Effect of sampled habitat and taxonomic resolution

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 546-565

  Chessman, Bruce ^a   Williams, Simon ^a   Besley, Colin ^b  

^a Department of Natural Resources ^*  (Australia)

^b SYDNEY WATER CORPORATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioassessment; Habitat; Macroinvertebrate; River; Taxonomic resolution; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; DATA SET; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; STREAM; TAXONOMY; WATER QUALITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY;

EID: 34547656007     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/06-074.1     Document Type: Article

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