Development of a multimetric index based on benthic macroinvertebrates for the assessment of natural wetlands in Southwest Ethiopia

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 29, Issue , 2013, Pages 510-521

  Mereta, Seid Tiku ^a,b   Boets, Pieter ^a   De Meester, Luc ^c   Goethals, Peter L M ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biological monitoring; Biotic index; Conservation; Land use; Macroinvertebrates; Multimetric index; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCE; BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES; BIOLOGICAL DATA; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIOTIC INDEX; CHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; CHEMICAL WATER; COHEN'S KAPPAS; EASTERN AFRICA; ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; ETHIOPIA; FUNCTIONAL FEEDING GROUPS; HIGH PRESSURE; HYDROLOGICAL MODIFICATIONS; LAND USE PATTERN; MACROINVERTEBRATE ASSEMBLAGE; MACROINVERTEBRATES; METRIC SCORES; MULTI-METRIC INDICES; NATURAL WETLAND; ODONATA; PHYSICO-CHEMICALS; RELEVANT INFORMATIONS; RESOURCES MONITORING; TRICHOPTERA; WETLAND RESOURCES; WORLDWIDE POPULARITY;

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; LAND USE; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES; WETLANDS;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

BENTHOS; BIOMONITORING; GRAZING PRESSURE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; LAND USE CHANGE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; URBANIZATION; WATER RESOURCE;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 84874601271     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.01.026     Document Type: Article

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