A comparison of the efficacy of pond-net and box sampling methods in turloughs - Irish ephemeral aquatic systems

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 524, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 133-144

  O Connor, Áine ^a   Bradish, Stephen ^a   Reed, Thomas ^a   Moran, James ^a   Regan, Eugenie ^a   Visser, Marjolein ^a   Gormally, Mike ^a   Skeffington, Micheline Sheehy ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

box method; littoral macroinvertebrates; pond net; turloughs

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC SPECIES; AQUATIC SYSTEMS;

AQUACULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; RAIN; RELIABILITY; SAMPLING;

HYDROLOGY;

BEETLE; GROUNDWATER; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SAMPLING;

COLEOPTERA;

EID: 3943064396     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HYDR.0000036128.83998.44     Document Type: Article

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