Ecological assessment of running waters: Do macrophytes, macroinvertebrates, diatoms and fish show similar responses to human pressures?

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 23, Issue , 2012, Pages 56-65

  Marzin, Anahita ^a   Archaimbault, Virginie ^a   Belliard, Jérôme ^a   Chauvin, Christian ^a   Delmas, François ^a   Pont, Didier ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Bioindicators; Diatoms; Fish; Macroinvertebrates; Macrophytes; River assessment

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTIC; DIATOMS; MACROINVERTEBRATES; MACROPHYTES; NATURAL VARIATION; RIVER SITES; RUNNING WATERS; SPECIFIC PRESSURE; STREAM ECOSYSTEMS; WATER QUALITY DEGRADATION;

BIOMARKERS; DEGRADATION; ECOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; RIVERS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

FISH;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOINDICATOR; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; DIATOM; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FISH; IMPOUNDMENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MACROPHYTE; RIVER CHANNEL; WATER QUALITY;

FRANCE;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 84859375368     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.03.010     Document Type: Article

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