Critical influence of seasonal sampling on the ecological quality assessment of small headwater streams

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 610, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 245-255

  Callanan, Maria ^a   Baars, Jan Robert ^a   Kelly Quinn, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Benthic macroinvertebrates; Biological monitoring; Pollution; Seasonal variation; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; COMPUTER NETWORKS; METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKS; NATURAL RESOURCES; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; POLLUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISKS; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; SAFETY ENGINEERING; SEMICONDUCTOR RELAYS; SPRINGS (COMPONENTS); WATER QUALITY;

ACIDIC STREAMS; APPLIED (CO); ASSESSMENT SYSTEM; ATLANTIC; BELGIUM (CO); BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIOTIC INDICES; BUSINESS MEDIA; DATA-SETS; ECOLOGICAL QUALITY; HEADWATER STREAMS; IRELAND; METRICS (CO); Q VALUES; REFERENCE SITES; RISK SCORES; RIVER CHANNELS; SEASONAL DIFFERENCES; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SMALL STREAMS; SPRINGER (CO); TRICHOPTERA; WORKING PARTY (WP);

ECOLOGY;

BENTHOS; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; RIVER CHANNEL; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREAMWATER; WATER QUALITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

EPHEMEROPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 46749126909     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-008-9439-4     Document Type: Article

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