Response of macroinvertebrate communities to anthropogenic pressures in Tajan River (Iran)

Biologia (Poland)

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1395-1409

  Shokri, Milad ^a   Rossaro, Bruno ^b   Rahmani, Hosein ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HORMOZGAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c SARI AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Asterics software; Benthic macroinvertebrates; Biotic indices; Tajan River; WFD

Indexed keywords

SALMONIDAE;

EID: 84920266880     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: 13369563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11756-014-0448-7     Document Type: Article

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