Impacts of a micro-sewage effluent on the biota of a small Apennine creek

Journal of Freshwater Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 537-545

  Bo, Tiziano ^a   Fenoglio, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apennines; Italy; Macroinvertebrates; Organic pollution

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENT; MACROBENTHOS; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MOUNTAIN REGION; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POPULATION DENSITY; RURAL AREA; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

APENNINES; ITALY;

EID: 83155192470     PISSN: 02705060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02705060.2011.583400     Document Type: Article

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