A Comparison of two biotic indices, AMBI and BOPA/BO2A, for assessing the ecological quality status (EcoQS) of benthic macro-invertebrates

Transitional Waters Bulletin

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 12-24

  De La Ossa Carretero, Jose Antonio ^a   Dauvin, Jean Claude ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

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EID: 80052554955     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1825229X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1285/i1825229Xv4n1p12     Document Type: Article

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