Tolerance values of benthic macroinvertebrates for stream biomonitoring: Assessment of assumptions underlying scoring systems worldwide

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 186, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 2135-2149

  Chang, Feng Hsun ^a,b   Lawrence, Justin E ^b,c   Rios Touma, Blanca ^d   Resh, Vincent H ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic macroinvertebrates; Biological monitoring; Pollution tolerance; Saprobity; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; MOLLUSCS; POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION;

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES; BIOLOGICAL IMPACTS; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; MACROINVERTEBRATES; REGIONAL SIMILARITIES; REGIONAL VARIABILITY; SAPROBITY; TOLERANCE VALUES;

RIVER POLLUTION;

BENTHOS; BIOMONITORING; DATA SET; MACROINVERTEBRATE; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; RIVER WATER; STREAMWATER; TAXONOMY; WATER POLLUTION;

AFRICA; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; BEETLE; BENTHOS; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIVALVE; CHIRONOMIDAE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIPTERA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; EPHEMEROPTERA; EUROPE; GASTROPOD; GEOGRAPHY; HETEROPTERA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSECT; ISOPODA; LEECH; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; ODONATA; OLIGOCHAETA; PLECOPTERA; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; STREAM (RIVER); TRICHOPTERA; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ARTHROPODA; BAETIDAE; BIVALVIA; CHIRONOMIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; EPHEMEROPTERA; GASTROPODA; HETEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; HIRUDINEA; HYDROPSYCHIDAE; INSECTA; ISOPODA; ODONATA; PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ARTHROPODS; BIODIVERSITY; CHIRONOMIDAE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GASTROPODA; INSECTS; INVERTEBRATES; OLIGOCHAETA; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84895820362     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-013-3523-6     Document Type: Article

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