Do Karst Rivers "deserve" their own biotic index? A ten years study on macrozoobenthos in Croatia

International Journal of Speleology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 137-147

  Rada, Biljana ^a   Puljas, Sanja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Croatia; Iliric biotic index; Karst rivers; Macroinvertebrates; Middle Dalmatia

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; EUROPEAN UNION; FAUNA; KARST; MACROBENTHOS; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RIVER; WATER QUALITY; ZOOBENTHOS;

CROATIA; DALMATIA; JADRO RIVER; ZRNOVNICA RIVER;

EID: 77957318736     PISSN: 03926672     EISSN: 1827806X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5038/1827-806X.39.2.7     Document Type: Article

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