Evaluation of a fine sediment biomonitoring tool across a wide range of temperate rivers and streams

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2268-2277

  Turley, Matt D ^a   Bilotta, Gary S ^a   Extence, Chris A ^c   Brazier, Richard E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Deposited fine sediments; Macroinvertebrates; Sedimentation; Suspended sediments

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907864351     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12429     Document Type: Article

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