Assessment of water and sediment quality in fresh water bodies based on characteristics of benthic communities

Russian Journal of Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 417-420

  Bakanov, A I ^a  

^a PAPANIN INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGY OF INLAND WATERS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

benthos; condition; indices; pollution; quality of sediments

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; FRESHWATER; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 8544222697     PISSN: 10674136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:RUSE.0000046980.42702.af     Document Type: Article

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