Benthic macroinvertebrates as indicators of the water quality in Bulgaria: A case-study in the Iskar river basin

Limnologica

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 334-338

  Lock, Koen ^a   Asenova, Mina ^b   Goethals, Peter L M ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Executive Environmental Agency   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

European Water Framework Directive; Irish Biotic Index; Multimetric Macroinvertebrate Index Flanders

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; MACROINVERTEBRATE; REMEDIATION; RIVER BASIN; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

BULGARIA; ISKAR RIVER; SOFIA;

EPHEMEROPTERA; PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 80054028702     PISSN: 00759511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.limno.2011.03.002     Document Type: Article

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