Selection of benthic macroinvertebrate-based multimetrics and preliminary establishment of biocriteria for the bioassessment of the water quality of Taihu Lake, China

Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1192-1200

  Taowu, Ma ^a,b   Qinghui, Huang ^c   Hai, Wang ^b   Zijian, Wang ^b   Chunxia, Wang ^b   Shengbiao, Huang ^b  

^a JISHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

benthic macroinvertebrate; bioassessment of water quality; biocriteria; metrics; scoring criteria; Taihu Lake

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; LAKE WATER; MACROBENTHOS; MACROINVERTEBRATE; STANDARDIZATION; WATER QUALITY; ZOOBENTHOS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIHU LAKE;

ANNELIDA; ARTHROPODA; CRUSTACEA; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 42649132465     PISSN: 18722032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2032(08)60038-4     Document Type: Article

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