How important are rare species in aquatic community ecology and bioassessment?

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1403-1409

  Cao, Yong ^a   Williams, D Dudley ^a   Williams, Nancy E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; METHODOLOGY; RARE SPECIES; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 0031743670     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1998.43.7.1403     Document Type: Article

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