The CIEPT: A macroinvertebrate-based multimetric index for assessing the ecological quality of Swiss lowland ponds

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 590-600

  Menetrey, Nathalie ^a,c   Oertli, Beat ^b   Lachavanne, Jean Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^c NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bioassessment; Human impact; Macroinvertebrates; Multimetric index; Site degradation; Small waterbodies

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CATCHMENTS; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; LAND USE; MANAGERS; PONDS;

BIOASSESSMENT; HUMAN IMPACT; MACROINVERTEBRATES; MULTI-METRIC INDICES; SITE DEGRADATION; WATERBODIES;

LAKES;

AMPHIBIAN; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOASSAY; BIOMONITORING; CONNECTIVITY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; LAND USE CHANGE; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MACROPHYTE; PLANT COMMUNITY; POND; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; TROPHIC CONDITIONS; WATER QUALITY;

SWITZERLAND;

AMPHIBIA; COLEOPTERA; EPHEMEROPTERA; PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 78651400992     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2010.08.005     Document Type: Article

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