Can macroinvertebrate rapid bioassessment methods be used to assess river health during drought in south eastern Australian streams?

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2626-2638

  Rose, Peter ^a   Metzeling, Leon ^a   Catzikiris, Simon ^b  

^a VIC Environment Protection Authority   (Australia)

^b Queensland Department of Natural Resources   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioassessment; Drought; Invertebrates; Running water; Water quality

Indexed keywords

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EID: 55649093115     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2008.02074.x     Document Type: Article

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