Analysis of benthic macroinvertebrate communities from the Lower sections of Large river in relation to different environmental factors

Central European Journal of Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1037-1047

  Krepski, Tomasz ^a   Pilecka Rapacz, Małgorzata ^a   Czerniawski, Robert ^a   Domagała, Józef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZCZECIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Benthic macroinvertebrates; Biodiversity; Large river; Post cooling water

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906234278     PISSN: 1895104X     EISSN: 16443632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11535-014-0346-6     Document Type: Article

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