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Aquatic Coleoptera (Hydraenidae and Elmidae) as indicators of the chemical characteristics of water in the Orbigo River basin (N-W Spain)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2009

F. Garcia Criado  and
M. Fernandez Alaez
F. Garcia Criado
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biologia Animal. Facultad de Biologia. Universidad de León. 24071 León. Spain
M. Fernandez Alaez
Affiliation:
Departamento de Ecologia, Genetica y Microbiologia. Facultad de Biologia. Universidad de León. 24071 León. Spain
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Abstract

The responses of 32 Hydraenidae and Elmidae species to six chemical parameters - alkalinity, Cl-, SO4--, COD, NO3- and total P have been analysed in the Orbigo river basin. The study of the distribution in relation to these factors by means of elaborating their ecological profiles pointed out the indicator species for each one of these parameters, according to their reciprocal species-factor information.

Keywords

hydraenidaeelmidaeindicator speciesLeónSpainhydraenidaeelmidaeespèces indicatricesLeónEspagne
Type
Research Article
Information
Annales de Limnologie - International Journal of Limnology , Volume 31 , Issue 3 , September 1995 , pp. 185 - 199
Copyright
© Gauthier-Villars, 1995

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