A comparison of clustering methods for river benthic community analysis

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 347, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 24-40

  Cao, Yong ^a,b   Bark, Anthony W ^a   Williams, W Peter ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clustering methods; Community analysis; Data structure; Macroinvertebrates; Multivariate analysis; TWINSPAN; UPGMA

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; METHOD COMPARISON; RIVER ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0030866558     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1002938721135     Document Type: Review

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