Invertebrate communities in soft sediments along a pollution gradient in a Mediterranean river (Llobregat, NE Spain)

Limnetica

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 311-322

  López Doval, Julio César ^a   Großschartner, Monika ^b   Höss, Sebastian ^c   Orendt, Claus ^d   Traunspurger, Walter ^e   Wolfram, Georg ^b   Muñoz, Isabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b DWS Hydro Ecology GmbH   (Austria)

^c Ecossa   (Germany)

^d WaterBioAssessment   (Germany)

^e BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Invertebrates; Llobregat river; Multivariate analysis; Pollution gradient; Soft sediment

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CHLORIDE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; HABITAT TYPE; INVERTEBRATE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHOSPHORUS; RIVER POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TAXONOMY; WATER QUALITY;

CATALONIA; LLOBREGAT RIVER; SPAIN;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 79952058668     PISSN: 02138409     EISSN: 19891806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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