Does taxonomic resolution affect the multivariate description of the structure of freshwater benthic macroinvertebrate communities?

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1802-1807

  Bowman, Michelle F ^a   Bailey, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; TAXONOMIC RESOLUTION;

EID: 0031471766     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f97-085     Document Type: Article

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