An index to assess hydromorphological quality of Estonian surface waters based on macroinvertebrate taxonomic composition

Limnologica

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 398-410

  Timm, Henn ^a   Kairo, Kairi ^a,b   Möls, Tõnu ^a,c   Virro, Taavi ^b  

^a ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Bottom type; Flow velocity; Hydromorphological quality; Lakes; Macroinvertebrates; Rivers

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FLOW VELOCITY; LAKE WATER; MACROINVERTEBRATE; RESERVOIR; RIVER WATER; STREAM; SUBSTRATE; SURFACE WATER; TAXONOMY; WATER QUALITY;

ESTONIA;

EID: 80054012577     PISSN: 00759511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.limno.2011.09.006     Document Type: Article

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