Environmental monitoring using next generation sequencing: Rapid identification of macroinvertebrate bioindicator species

Frontiers in Zoology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Carew, Melissa E ^a   Pettigrove, Vincent J ^a   Metzeling, Leon ^b   Hoffmann, Ary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b VIC Environment Protection Authority   (Australia)

Author keywords

454 pyrosequencing; Barcoding; Bioassessment; Chironomidae; Invertebrates

Indexed keywords

CHIRONOMIDAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84881066986     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17429994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-9994-10-45     Document Type: Article

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