Biomonitoring and bioindicators used for river ecosystems: Definitions, approaches and trends

Procedia Environmental Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 1510-1524

  Li, Li ^a   Zheng, Binghui ^a   Liu, Lusan ^a  

^a CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Bioindicators; Biomonitoring; Review; River Ecosystem

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES; BIO-INDICATORS; BIOLOGICAL TRAITS; BIOMONITORING; BIOTIC INDEX; ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY; FUNCTIONAL FEEDING GROUPS; FUTURE DIRECTIONS; GENETIC DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES; MULTIMETRIC APPROACH; MULTIVARIATE APPROACH; PERIPHYTONS; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; TAXONOMIC RESOLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; INFORMATION SCIENCE; RIVERS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

EID: 79951778788     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18780296     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proenv.2010.10.164     Document Type: Conference Paper

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