Impact of water quality on macroinvertebrate assemblages along a tropical stream in Kenya

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 208-216

  Ndaruga, Ayub M ^a,b   Ndiritu, George G ^a   Gichuki, Nathan N ^a   Wamicha, W N ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^b KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Biodiversity indices; Macroinvertebrates; Pollution; Stream; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MACROINVERTEBRATE; STREAM; WATER QUALITY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

ANNELIDA; DIPTERA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 9644267015     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2004.00516.x     Document Type: Article

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