Does the lentic-lotic character of rivers affect invertebrate metrics used in the assessment of ecological quality?

Journal of Limnology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 92-105

  Buffagni, Andrea ^a   Armanini, David G ^a   Erba, Stefania ^a  

^a WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aquatic invertebrates; Ecological quality; Morphological impairment; Organic pollution; WFD

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; INVERTEBRATE; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; LENTIC ENVIRONMENT; LOTIC ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVER WATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 67649503159     PISSN: 11295767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/jlimnol.2009.92     Document Type: Article

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