Effects of Mediterranean climate annual variability on stream biological quality assessment using macroinvertebrate communities

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 651-662

  Munné, Antoni ^a   Prat, Narcís ^b  

^a Catalan Water Agency   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Annual variability; Biological quality; Dry periods; Macroinvertebrate; Mediterranean rivers; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; FLOW OF WATER; QUALITY CONTROL; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER RESOURCES;

ANNUAL VARIABILITY; DRY PERIODS; MACROINVERTEBRATES; MEDITERRANEAN RIVERS; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES;

RIVERS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; HABITAT; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAM; TAXONOMY;

CATALAN BASIN; SPAIN;

EID: 79954421144     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2010.09.004     Document Type: Article

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