Revision of the biological monitoring working party (BMWP) score system: Derivation of present-only and abundance-related scores from field data

River Research and Applications

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 887-904

  Paisley, M F ^a   Trigg, D J ^a   Walley, W J ^a  

^a STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biotic indices; BMWP; Classification; Macroinvertebrates; Monitoring; Pollution; River; Water framework directive

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMONITORING; MACROINVERTEBRATE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER WATER; TAXONOMY; WATER QUALITY;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

EID: 84908491909     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: 15351467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.2686     Document Type: Article

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