Are biological classifications of headwater streams concordant across multiple taxonomic groups?

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1912-1923

  Paavola, Riku ^a,e   Muotka, Timo ^b,c   Virtanen, Risto ^c   Heino, Jani ^a   Kreivi, Petri ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^d FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benthic macroinvertebrates; Bryophytes; Community concordance; Fishes; Stream typology

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; BRYOPHYTE; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FISH; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; MACROINVERTEBRATE; TYPOLOGY;

FINLAND;

BRYOPHYTES; PISCES;

EID: 0141993466     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2003.01131.x     Document Type: Article

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