Spatiotemporal variation of macroinvertebrates in relation to canopy cover and other environmental factors in Eriora River, Niger Delta, Nigeria

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 184, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 6449-6461

  Arimoro, Francis O ^a   Obi Iyeke, Grace E ^a   Obukeni, Prince J O ^a  

^a DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Canopy cover; Diversity indices; Evenness; Macroinvertebrate assemblages; Physical and chemical parameters

Indexed keywords

CANOPY COVER; DIVERSITY INDEX; EVENNESS; MACROINVERTEBRATE ASSEMBLAGE; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PARAMETERS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

RIVERS;

ABUNDANCE; BIOINDICATOR; CANOPY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INVERTEBRATE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AGAPETUS AGILIS; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; CADDISFLY; CANOPY; CHIRONOMUS; COLEOPTERA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECAPODA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPHEMEROPTERA; FLY; GASTROPOD; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NEOPERLA; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; ODONATA; RIVER; STREAM (RIVER); TABANUS; TRICHOPTERA; TRICHOSETODES; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INVERTEBRATES; NIGERIA; PLANTS; RIVERS;

NIGER DELTA; NIGERIA;

AGAPETUS AGILIS; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; EPHEMEROPTERA; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; NEOPERLA; ODONATA; PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA; TRICHOSETODES;

EID: 84866534441     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-2432-9     Document Type: Article

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