A comparison of alternative techniques for prediction of the fauna of running-water sites in Great Britain

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 167-181

  Moss, D ^a   Wright, J F ^a   Furse, M T ^a   Clarke, R T ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fauna; Great Britain; Invertibrate; Running water

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INVERTEBRATE; MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALING; MULTIPLE DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

CLASS; CLASSIFICATION; FAUNA; INVERTEBRATE; METHODOLOGY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033055479     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.1999.00376.x     Document Type: Article

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