Biomonitoring through biological traits of benthic macroinvertebrates: How to use species trait databases?

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 422-423, Issue , 2000, Pages 153-162

  Usseglio Polatera, Philippe ^a,b   Bournaud, Michel ^a   Richoux, Philippe ^a   Tachet, Henri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Bioassessment; Community structure; Indicators; Macroinvertebrates; Species traits

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; DATA BASE; ECOLOGICAL TRAIT; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRANCE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HABITAT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; RIVER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; WATER QUALITY; ZOOBENTHOS;

EID: 0034174373     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-4164-2_12     Document Type: Conference Paper

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