Benthic communities of streams related to different land uses in a hydrographic basin in southern Brazil

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 157, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 305-318

  Hepp, Luiz Ubiratan ^a   Santos, Sandro ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF FOOD ENGINEERING   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Benthic macroinvertebrates; Bioindicators; Biomonitoring; Environmental quality; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC BIOTA; BENTHIC COMMUNITIES; BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES; BENTHIC ORGANISMS; BIOINDICATORS; BIOMONITORING; CONSERVED REGIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; RIVER WATER QUALITY; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SOURCE POINTS; SOUTHERN BRAZIL; STUDY SITES; URBAN AREAS;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; FORESTRY; LAND USE; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

RIVERS;

RIVER WATER;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; BENTHOS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PARAMETERIZATION; PASTURE; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; RIVER WATER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAMWATER; URBANIZATION; WATER QUALITY;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BRAZIL; DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HYDROGRAPHY; LAND USE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; RIVER BASIN; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBAN AREA; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; CALCIUM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INVERTEBRATES; MAGNESIUM; NITRITES; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; RIVERS; SEASONS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 70349257763     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0536-7     Document Type: Article

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