A preliminary assessment of the impact of forest conversion from natural to pine plantation on macroinvertebrate communities in two mountain streams in Zimbabwe

African Journal of Aquatic Science

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 115-124

  Chakona, A ^a,b   Marshall, B ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b University Lake Kariba Research Station   (Zimbabwe)

^c IFMP   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Benthic macroinvertebrates; Bioassessment; Forestry impacts; Mountain streams

Indexed keywords

EID: 53049096971     PISSN: 16085914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/AJAS.2008.33.2.2.499     Document Type: Article

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