The effect of biotope-specific sampling for aquatic macroinvertebrates on reference site classification and the identification of environmental predictors in Mpumalanga, South Africa

African Journal of Aquatic Science

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 165-173

  Dallas, Helen F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bioassessment; Biotope; Environmental predictors; SASS; South African Scoring System

Indexed keywords

EID: 36348987255     PISSN: 16085914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/AJAS.2007.32.2.8.205     Document Type: Article

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