Classification and prediction of macroinvertebrate assemblages from running waters in Victoria, Australia

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 664-681

  Marchant, R ^a   Hirst, A ^a   Norris, R H ^b   Butcher, R ^c   Metzeling, L ^d   Tiller, D ^d  

^a MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d VIC Environment Protection Authority   (Australia)

Author keywords

Classification; Discriminant analysis; Lotic macroinvertebrates; Observed expected number of taxa; Prediction of benthic communities; Victoria (Australia)

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ASSEMBLAGE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; INVERTEBRATE CLASSIFICATION; MACROINVERTEBRATE; RIVERBANK;

AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA;

INVERTEBRATA; VICTORIA;

EID: 0030886093     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1468152     Document Type: Article

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