Assessing the Mechanistic Basis for Fine Sediment Biomonitoring: Inconsistencies among the Literature, Traits and Indices

River Research and Applications

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 1618-1629

  Wilkes, M A ^a   Mckenzie, M ^a   Murphy, J F ^b   Chadd, R P ^c  

^a Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

biomonitoring; colmation; fine sediment; macroinvertebrates; traits

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOMONITORING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; TAXONOMY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 85016411843     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: 15351467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.3139     Document Type: Conference Paper

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