Eutrophication: Are mayflies (Ephemeroptera) good bioindicators for ponds?

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 597, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 125-135

  Menetrey, N ^a   Oertli, B ^b   Sartori, M ^c   Wagner, A ^c   Lachavanne, J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^c Musee de Zoologie Lausanne   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aquatic macroinvertebrates; Biomonitoring; Ephemeroptera larvae; Eutrophication; Small waterbodies; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; OCEAN HABITATS; OXYGEN; PONDING; WATER QUALITY;

BIOMONITORING; MAYFLIES; OXYGEN DEPLETION;

EUTROPHICATION;

BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HYPERTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; MAYFLY; POND; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATER QUALITY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

BAETIDAE; CAENIDAE; CAENIS; CLOEON DIPTERUM; EPHEMEROPTERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 37549007532     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-9223-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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