Biological and chemical monitoring of some major Calabrian (Italy) Rivers

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 146, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 453-471

  Lucadamo, Lucio ^a   De Filippis, A ^a   Mezzotero, A ^a   Vizza, S ^a   Gallo, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calabria region; Chemical physical alterations; E.B.I.; Macroinvertebrates; River monitoring; Trophic functional structure

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; POLLUTION;

CALABRIA REGION; CHEMICAL-PHYSICAL ALTERATIONS; E.B.I.; MACROINVERTEBRATES; RIVER MONITORING; TROPHIC FUNCTIONAL STRUCTURE;

CHEMICAL STABILITY;

RIVER WATER;

CHEMICAL ALTERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; RIVER BASIN; SURFACE WATER; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; WATER QUALITY;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MACROBENTHOS; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; RIVER BASIN; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ITALY; RIVERS;

CALABRIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

POTAMON;

EID: 53649099089     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-0091-7     Document Type: Article

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