Application of classification trees to determine biological and chemical indicators for river assessment: Case study in the Chaguana watershed (Ecuador)

Journal of Hydroinformatics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 489-499

  Dominguez Granda, L ^a   Lock, K ^b   Goethals, P L M ^b  

^a ESCUELA SUPERIOR POLITÉCNICA DEL LITORAL   (Ecuador)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aquatic insects; Community analysis; River basin; Water quality assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959810441     PISSN: 14647141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/hydro.2010.082     Document Type: Article

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