The influences of a waste water treatment plant on the macro-invertebrate communities of a lowland river in the Campine (Belgium)

Auteurs :
BAUWENS, J.
VERHEYEN, R. F.

Description :
The combined effects of purified and unpurified sewage on the macro-invertebrates of the Witte Nete, a Campine lowland river, have been studied. In ten localities, eight of which were downstream a waste water treatment plant, the benthic fauna on 9.6 m2 of the bottom has been collected with a handnet and later on identified and counted. The interpretation of the data was done with the aid of statistical techniques and biological water assessment methods.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Belgian Journal of Zoology, 1990, vol. 120, p. 68-69

Date :
1990