Relationships between aquatic biotic communities and water quality in a tropical river-wetland system (Ecuador)

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 34, Issue , 2013, Pages 115-127

  Alvarez Mieles, G ^a,b,c   Irvine, K ^a   Griensven, A V ^a,d   Arias Hidalgo, M ^a,b   Torres, A ^c   Mynett, A E ^a,b  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE GUAYAQUIL   (Ecuador)

^d VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aquatic communities; Bioindicators; Statistical analysis; Tropical wetland; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; ORGANIC CARBON; SULFATE;

AGRICULTURE; ALKALINITY; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CLAY; CONDUCTANCE; ECUADOR; FISH; HABITAT; HARDNESS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALING; NONHUMAN; PH; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFORESTATION; RIVER; TEMPERATURE; TURBIDITY; VEGETATION; WATER QUALITY; WETLAND; ZOOPLANKTON;

PISCES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84890142979     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2013.01.011     Document Type: Article

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