Urban impact on ecological integrity of nearby rivers in developing countries: The Borkena River in highland Ethiopia

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 153, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 461-476

  Beyene, Abebe ^a,b   Legesse, Worku ^b   Triest, Ludwig ^a   Kloos, Helmut ^c  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Borkena river; Ecological integrity; Ethiopia; Faunal diversity; Macroinvertebrate; Pollution

Indexed keywords

BORKENA RIVER; ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY; ETHIOPIA; FAUNAL DIVERSITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EUTROPHICATION; LAND USE; NATURAL RESOURCES; POLLUTION; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RIVERS; WATER QUALITY;

RIVER POLLUTION;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING WORLD; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; RIVER WATER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUMPING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ETHIOPIA; EUTROPHICATION; GEOLOGY; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; LAND USE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SEASON; TAXON; TOPOGRAPHY; URBAN AREA; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; ETHIOPIA; GEOGRAPHY; RIVERS;

AFRICA; BORKENA RIVER; DESE; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 67349190849     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0371-x     Document Type: Article

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