Rapid biological assessment charts the recovery of stream macroinvertebrate assemblages after sewage discharges cease

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 625-638

  Besley, Colin H ^a   Chessman, Bruce C ^b  

^a SYDNEY WATER CORPORATION   (Australia)

^b OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biotic index; Macroinvertebrate; Multivariate analysis; Rehabilitation; Sewage; Stream

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; ECOSYSTEMS; NUTRIENTS; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; WATER POLLUTION;

AQUATIC MACROINVERTEBRATES; CESSATION; MEDIUM SCALE SPATIAL VARIABILITY; RAPID BIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT (RBA);

MICROORGANISMS;

AQUATIC ORGANISM; BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; CATCHMENT; DATA SET; DISCHARGE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; REMEDIATION; SAMPLING; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; STREAM CHANNEL; WASTE TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BLUE MOUNTAINS [NEW SOUTH WALES]; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 40649105006     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2007.09.003     Document Type: Article

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