Macroinvertebrate-based index of biotic integrity (M-IBI) for monitoring the Nyando River, Lake Victoria Basin, Kenya

Scientific Research and Essays

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1468-1477

  Raburu, Phillip Okoth ^a   Okeyo Owuor, J B ^a   Masese, Frank Onderi ^a  

^a MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Bioassessment; Bioindicators; Habitat integrity; Metrics; Water quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 72849139982     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19922248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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