Evaluation of the ecological status of an impaired watershed by using a multi-index approach

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 174, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 493-508

  Carvalho, Liliana ^a   Cortes, Rui ^b   Bordalo, Adriano A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

IBMWP; QBR; RHS; River Febros; Scaled values; WQI

Indexed keywords

IBMWP; QBR; RHS; SCALED VALUES; WQI;

ECOSYSTEMS; FISH; LANDFORMS; MICROBIOLOGY; RATING; RHODIUM COMPOUNDS; SURVEYS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

RIVERS;

BIODIVERSITY; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

AGRICULTURE; BENTHIC FAUNA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGICAL STATUS RIVER MEDITERRANEAN INDEX; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; IBERIAN BIOLOGICAL MONITORING WORKING PARTY INDEX; LAND USE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; PILOT STUDY; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; RIVER HABITAT SURVEY; SEDIMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; URBANIZATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER QUALITY INDEX; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; PORTUGAL;

FEBROS RIVER; PORTO [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL;

HEXAPODA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA);

EID: 79952439957     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-010-1473-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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