Responses of Chironomid larvae (insecta, Diptera) to ecological quality in Mediterranean river mesohabitats (South Italy)

River Research and Applications

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1036-1051

  Marziali, Laura ^a   Armanini, David Giordano ^a   Cazzola, Marcello ^a   Erba, Stefania ^a   Toppi, Elisa ^a   Buffagni, Andrea ^a   Rossaro, Bruno ^b  

^a WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

AQEM; Biomonitoring; Chironomidae; Pool riffle units; Southern Italy; WFD

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; MACROBENTHOS; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY;

ITALY;

CHIRONOMIDAE; CONCHAPELOPIA; DIPTERA; EPOICOCLADIUS; EUKIEFFERIELLA GRACEI; INSECTA; RHEOPELOPIA; TVETENIA CALVESCENS;

EID: 78349293530     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: 15351467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1303     Document Type: Article

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