A pilot macroinvertebrate index of the water quality of Singapore's reservoirs

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 38, Issue , 2014, Pages 90-103

  Clews, Esther ^a   Low, E Wen ^b   Belle, Christina C ^a   Todd, Peter A ^a   Eikaas, Hans S ^c   Ng, Peter K L ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Public Utilities Board Singapore   (Singapore)

^c Catchment and Waterways Department   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Biotic indices; Freshwater; Index; Lentic; Macroinvertebrate; Singapore; Tropical

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY;

BIOTIC INDEX; FRESHWATER; INDEX; LENTIC; MACROINVERTEBRATES; SINGAPORE; TROPICAL;

WATER QUALITY;

BENTHOS; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; LENTIC ENVIRONMENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RESERVOIR; STREAM; TAXONOMY; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TROPICAL REGION; WATER QUALITY;

SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84889018807     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.10.030     Document Type: Article

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