Ecological characteristics of macrobenthic communities in the chaohu lake basin and their relationship with environmental factors

Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 627-634

  Gao, Feng ^a   Deng, Jiancai ^b   Xu, Zhibo ^b   Ning, Yi ^b   Yin, Hongbin ^b   Gao, Junfeng ^b  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^b Academy of Science   (China)

Author keywords

Chaohu valley; China; Community characteristics; Environmental factors; Macrobenthic

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951500499     PISSN: 16805593     EISSN: 1993601X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/javaa.2011.627.634     Document Type: Article

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