Multimetric Macroinvertebrate Index Flanders (MMIF) for biological assessment of rivers and lakes in Flanders (Belgium)

Limnologica

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 199-207

  Gabriels, Wim ^a,b   Lock, Koen ^a   De Pauw, Niels ^a   Goethals, Peter L M ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Vlaamse Milieumaatschappij   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgian Biotic Index; Biological monitoring; Ecological indicators; European Water Framework Directive; Freshwater ecology

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT QUALITY; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; LAKE WATER; MACROINVERTEBRATE; RIVER WATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

BELGIUM; FLANDERS;

EPHEMEROPTERA; PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 77953360621     PISSN: 00759511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.limno.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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