Indicator value of lotic water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) and their use in macroinvertebrate-based indices for water quality assessment purposes

Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems

Volumn , Issue 411, 2013, Pages

  Miccoli, F P ^a   Lombardo, P ^a,b   Cicolani, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b Limno Consulting   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biotic indices; Water mites; Water quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887957535     PISSN: 19619502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/kmae/2013075     Document Type: Article

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