Detecting river environmental quality through plant and macroinvertebrate bioindicators in the Aniene River (Central Italy)

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 477-486

  Testi, Anna ^a   Bisceglie, Sara ^a   Guidotti, Silvia ^a   Fanelli, Giuliano ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

EBI; Environmental quality; GIS; Hemeroby; Landscape ecology; Rivers

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; BIOINDICATOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; DISTURBANCE; DIVERSITY INDEX; FLORISTICS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GIS; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; RIVER POLLUTION; VASCULAR PLANT; WATER QUALITY;

ANIENE RIVER; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LAZIO; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 67349185610     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10452-008-9205-8     Document Type: Article

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