Assessment of running waters (Slovakia) using benthic macroinvertebrates - derivation of ecological quality classes with respect to altitudinal gradients

Biologia

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1196-1205

  Šporka, Ferdinand ^a   Pastuchová, Zuzana ^a   Hamerlík, Ladislav ^a   Dobiašová, Marcela ^b   Beracko, Pavel ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b SLOVAK HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

^c Faculty of Natural Sciences   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Benthic invertebrates; Ecological quality ratio; Multimetric index; Reference status; Slovakia; Streams

Indexed keywords

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EID: 70350523388     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: 13369563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11756-009-0201-9     Document Type: Article

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