The role of water chemistry in the distribution of Austropotamobius pallipes (Crustacea Decapoda Astacidae) in Piedmont (Italy)

Comptes Rendus - Biologies

Volumn 333, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 68-75

  Favaro, Livio ^a   Tirelli, Tina ^a   Pessani, Daniela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bioindicator; Habitat requirements; Multivariate statistics; Threatened species; White clawed crayfish

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

BIOINDICATOR; BIOMARKER; CRAYFISH; DISSOLVED INORGANIC MATTER; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EIGENVALUE; HABITAT USE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PH; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ARTICLE; AUSTROPOTAMOBIUS PALLIPES; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAYFISH; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FRESHWATER SPECIES; HABITAT QUALITY; ITALY; NONHUMAN; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; WATER HARDNESS; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; ASTACOIDEA; BACTERIA; CALCIUM; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; POPULATION DENSITY; RIVERS; WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION;

ITALY; PIEDMONT [ITALY];

ASTACIDAE; AUSTROPOTAMOBIUS PALLIPES; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 76749148207     PISSN: 16310691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2009.09.017     Document Type: Article

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