Biological indices applied to benthic macroinvertebrates at reference conditions of mountain streams in two ecoregions (Poland, the Slovak Republic)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 709, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 183-200

  Lewin, Iga ^a   Czerniawska Kusza, Izabela ^b   Szoszkiewicz, Krzysztof ^c   Ławniczak, Agnieszka Ewa ^c   Jusik, Szymon ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OPOLE   (Poland)

^c POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Benthic macroinvertebrates; Biological indices; Mountain stream; Reference conditions; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

ECOREGION; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MOUNTAIN STREAM; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; ZOOBENTHOS;

AUSTRALIA; CARPATHIANS; CENTRAL HIGHLANDS [VICTORIA]; POLAND; SLOVAKIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 84876088856     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-013-1448-2     Document Type: Article

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