Macroinvertebrate Index of Biotic Integrity (M-IBI) for monitoring rivers in the upper catchment of Lake Victoria Basin, Kenya

Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 197-205

  Raburu, Phillip Okoth ^a   Masese, Frank Onderi ^a   Mulanda, Christopher Aura ^a  

^a MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Bioassessment; Bioindicators; Metrics; Streams; Water quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449364087     PISSN: 14634988     EISSN: 15394077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14634980902907763     Document Type: Article

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