Identification of benthic invertebrate and diatom indicator taxa that distinguish different stream types as well as degraded from reference conditions in Luxembourg

Animal Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 419-472

  Dohet, Alain ^a   Ector, Luc ^a   Cauchie, Henry Michel ^a   Hoffmann, Lucien ^a  

^a LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Benthic diatoms; Benthic invertebrates; Indicator species; Quality assessment; Reference conditions; River health; Typology; Water Framework Directive (WFD)

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; DIATOM; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; LUXEMBOURG [BENELUX]; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANNELIDA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; DIPTERA; EPHEMEROPTERA; HYDRACARINA; INVERTEBRATA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 66849111112     PISSN: 15707555     EISSN: 15707563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157075608X383719     Document Type: Article

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