Potential for Trichoptera communities as biological indicators of morphological degradation in riverine systems

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 621, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 155-167

  Chakona, Albert ^a   Phiri, Crispen ^a   Day, Jenny A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Coniferous plantations; Habitat degradation; Native forest; River Health; Subsistence agriculture

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; ECOLOGY; LAND USE; OCEAN HABITATS; RIVERS; WATER;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES; AGRICULTURAL SITES; ATHRIPSODES; BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS; CONIFEROUS PLANTATIONS; FORESTED SITES; HABITAT DEGRADATION; NATIVE FOREST; REDUNDANCY ANALYSIS; RIVERINE SYSTEMS; RUNNING WATERS; SPEARMAN'S RANK CORRELATIONS; STRUCTURAL DEGRADATIONS; SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE; TRICHOPTERA; ZIMBABWE;

DEGRADATION;

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; BIOINDICATOR; CADDISFLY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DEFORESTATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; MORPHOLOGY; RIVER;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZIMBABWE;

AETHALOPTERA; ANISOCENTROPUS; ATHRIPSODES; DYSCHIMUS; HYDROPSYCHE; HYDROPTILA; LEPIDOSTOMA; LEPTOCERINA; PARASETODES; POLYMORPHANISUS; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 58149218348     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-008-9638-z     Document Type: Article

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