Implementing european water framework directive: Uncertainty degree of metrics for macroinvertebrates in transitional waters

Environmental Engineering and Management Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1259-1266

  Caldararu, Aurelia ^a   Rosati, Ilaria ^b   Barbone, Enrico ^b   Georgescu, Lucian P ^b   Iticescu, Catalina ^a   Basset, Alberto ^b  

^a DUNAREA DE JOS UNIVERSITY OF GALATI   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benthic macroinvertebrates; Metrics; Transitional waters; Uncertainty; Water monitoring

Indexed keywords

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EID: 78751505989     PISSN: 15829596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.30638/eemj.2010.163     Document Type: Article

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