A benthic quality index for European alpine lakes

Fauna Norvegica

Volumn 31, Issue , 2012, Pages 95-107

  Rossaro, Bruno ^a   Boggero, Angela ^b   Lods Crozet, Brigitte ^c   Free, Gary ^d   Lencioni, Valeria ^e   Marziali, Laura ^b   Wolfram, Georg ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c Service des Eaux Sols et Assainissement   (Switzerland)

^d ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (Ireland)

^e MUSEO TRIDENTINO DI SCIENZE NATURALI   (Italy)

^f DWS Hydro Oekologie GmbH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Benthic macroinvertebrates; Biological indicators; Chironomids; Lakes; Oligochaetes

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ANNELID; BENTHOS; BIOINDICATOR; EUTROPHICATION; INDEX METHOD; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; LAKE WATER; MACROINVERTEBRATE; WATER QUALITY;

EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84867906489     PISSN: 15024873     EISSN: 18915396     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5324/fn.v31i0.1364     Document Type: Article

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