Assessment of Land-Use Impact on Macroinvertebrate Communities in the Zwalm River Basin (Flanders, Belgium) Using Multivariate Analysis and Geographic Information Systems

Relationships between land-use and river water quality assessed by means of biological and physical-chemical variables and habitat characteristics were analysed for the Zwalm River basin in Flanders (Belgium). The research focussed on three zones within this river basin, each characterized by different land uses, and consequently, different types of pollution, mainly of diffuse origin. Environmental data have been integrated within a Geographic Information System. Possible relationships between aquatic ecosystem and land-use variables were searched for by means of multivariate analysis.

Verfasser: Veronique Adriaenssens
Peter L. M. Goethals
Niels De Pauw
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
Reihe/Periodikum: The Scientific World Journal, Vol 2, Pp 546-557 (2002)
Verlag/Hrsg.: Wiley
Schlagwörter: Technology / T / Medicine / R / Science / Q
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28946194
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Link(s) : https://doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2002.111