Response of aquatic macro-invertebrate diversity to environmental factors along the Lower Komati River in Swaziland

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 35, Issue 13-14, 2010, Pages 665-671

  Dlamini, Vuyisile ^a   Hoko, Zvikomborero ^a   Murwira, Amon ^a   Magagula, Cebisile ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SWAZILAND   (Swaziland)

Author keywords

Agricultural activities; Ecosystem health; Macro invertebrates diversity; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; AGRICULTURAL FIELDS; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; MACRO-INVERTEBRATES DIVERSITY; MACROINVERTEBRATES; MAIN PARAMETERS; MEAN VALUES; PHYSICO-CHEMICALS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STANDARD METHOD; SUBCATCHMENTS; SWAZILAND; WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS; WATER SAMPLES;

ANIMALS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CATCHMENTS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ECOSYSTEMS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HEALTH; RIVERS; TURBIDITY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

AMMONIA; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NITRATE; ORTHOPHOSPHATE; PH; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY;

KOMATI RIVER; SWAZILAND;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 77957016597     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2010.07.010     Document Type: Article

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