Benthic diatoms and macroinvertebrates in the assessment of the ecological status of Azorean streams

Limnetica

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 317-328

  Gonçalves, Vítor ^a   Raposeiro, Pedro ^a   Costa, Ana Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Azores; Benthic diatoms; Benthic macroinvertebrates; Ecological quality indices; Islands; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

ARCHIPELAGO; BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; DIATOM; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; MACROINVERTEBRATE; STREAM; WATER PLANNING; WATER QUALITY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; AZORES; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 59949096413     PISSN: 02138409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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