Monitoring with benthic macroinvertebrates: Advantages and disadvantages of body size descriptors

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages

  Basset, Alberto ^a   Sangiorgio, Franca ^a   Pinna, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benthic macroinvertebrates; Body size abundance distributions; Coastal lagoons; Ecosystem health

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BODY SIZE; COASTAL LAGOON; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MONITORING;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 9644281698     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.649     Document Type: Conference Paper

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