Monitoring the health of large rivers with macroinvertebrates: Do dominant taxa help or hinder the assessment?

River Research and Applications

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 931-947

  Jackson, John K ^a   Battle, Juliann M ^a   Sweeney, Bernard W ^a  

^a STROUD WATER RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Hydropsychid caddisflies; Metrics; Oligochaetes; Rivers; Tolerance values; Upper Mississippi River

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HEALTH MONITORING; MACROINVERTEBRATE; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; RIVER WATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

MISSISSIPPI RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ANNELIDA; HYDROPSYCHIDAE; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 78650468965     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: 15351467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1318     Document Type: Article

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