Use of macroinvertebrate-based multimetric indices for water quality evaluation in Spanish Mediterranean rivers: An intercalibration approach with the IBMWP index

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 628, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 203-225

  Munné, Antoni ^a   Prat, Narcís ^b  

^a Agència Catalana de l'Aigua Catalan Water Agency   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biological quality; IBMWP; Intercalibration; Macroinvertebrate; Mediterranean rivers; Multimetric indices; Water framework directive

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL QUALITY; IBMWP; INTERCALIBRATION; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MEDITERRANEAN RIVERS; MULTIMETRIC INDICES; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INTERNATIONAL LAW; LAW ENFORCEMENT; RIVERS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

QUALITY CONTROL;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; EUROPEAN UNION; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 67349158629     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-009-9757-1     Document Type: Article

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