Assessment of stream ecosystem health based on oxygen metabolism: Which sensor to use?

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 69, Issue , 2014, Pages 134-138

  Almeida, Gustavo H ^a   Boëchat, Iola G ^a   Gücker, Björn ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO JOÃO DEL REI   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dissolved oxygen sensor; Functional bioindication; Whole stream metabolism

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED OXYGEN SENSORS; METABOLISM; OPTICAL SENSORS; PHYSIOLOGY; POLAROGRAPHS; STREAM FLOW;

ACCURACY OF MEASUREMENTS; BIOINDICATION; ECOSYSTEM RESPIRATION; GROSS PRIMARY PRODUCTION; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; LABORATORY CONDITIONS; OXYGEN METABOLISMS; RELATIVE STANDARD DEVIATIONS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

EID: 84899827651     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.03.027     Document Type: Article

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