Towards a multimetric index for ecological assessment of Mediterranean flatland ponds: The use of macroinvertebrates as bioindicators

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 618, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 109-123

  Trigal, Cristina ^a,b   García Criado, Francisco ^a   Fernández Aláez, Camino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Eutrophication; Habitat alteration; Macroinvertebrates; Mediterranean ponds; Multimetric index; Water framework directive

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; BIOMARKERS; EUTROPHICATION; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; LAKES; LAW ENFORCEMENT; OCEAN HABITATS; THEOREM PROVING; VEGETATION;

BIO INDICATORS; BONFERRONI ADJUSTMENTS; CHIRONOMIDAE; ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENTS; HABITAT ALTERATION; MACROINVERTEBRATES; MEDITERRANEAN PONDS; MULTIMETRIC INDEX; ODONATA; SHANNON INDICES; WHITNEY;

ECOLOGY;

BIOINDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; EUTROPHICATION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MEDITERRANEAN WATER; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK;

CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMINAE; DYTISCIDAE; ODONATA; TANYPODINAE;

EID: 57649202908     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-008-9569-8     Document Type: Article

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