Assessment of nematode community structure as a bioindicator in river monitoring

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 158, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1741-1747

  Wu, H C ^a   Chen, P C ^a   Tsay, T T ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bioindicator; Maturity index; Nematode channel ratio; Nematode community structure; River pollution

Indexed keywords

BIO-INDICATORS; BIOINDICATOR; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION; MATURITY INDICES; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; NEMATODE CHANNEL RATIO; NEMATODE COMMUNITIES; POLLUTANT LEVELS; POLLUTANT SOURCES; POLLUTION LEVEL; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; RIVER MONITORING; RIVER WATER; SAMPLING SITE; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; SEWAGE SOURCES; WATER SAMPLES;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; BIOMARKERS; POLLUTION; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEWAGE; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

RIVER POLLUTION;

RIVER WATER;

ABUNDANCE; BIOINDICATOR; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; NEMATODE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION MONITORING; RIVER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SEDIMENT; TEMPERATURE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NEMATODA; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 77949915711     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.11.015     Document Type: Article

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