Ecological water quality assessment of the Butgenbach lake (Belgium) and its impact on the River Warche using rotifers as bioindicators

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 387-388, Issue , 1998, Pages 459-467

  Marneffe, Yves ^a   Comblin, Sophie ^a   Thomé, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bioindicator(s); Biomonitoring; Butgenbach lake; Ecotoxicity; Rotifera; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BIOINDICATOR; WATER QUALITY;

BIOINDICATOR; WATER QUALITY;

BELGIUM; BUTGENBACH LAKE; WARCHE RIVER;

BRACHIONUS CALYCIFLORUS; CLADOCERA; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 6544281593     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-4782-8_59     Document Type: Conference Paper

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