Hydromorphological degradation impact on benthic invertebrates in large rivers in Slovenia

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 729, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 191-207

  Urbanič, Gorazd ^a,b  

^a Institute for Water of the Republic of Slovenia   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Benthic invertebrates; Bioassessment; Boundary setting; Ecological status; Hydromorphology; Large rivers; SIHM

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871488934     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1430-4     Document Type: Article

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