Macroinvertebrate functional feeding group methods in ecological assessment

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 422-423, Issue , 2000, Pages 225-232

  Rawer Jost, C ^a   Bohmer J ^a   Blank, J ^a   Rahmann, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benthic macroinvertebrates; Disturbance; Functional feeding groups; Germany; Index; Metrics

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; GERMANY; STREAM; UNITED STATES;

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FEEDING; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; MACROINVERTEBRATE; WATER QUALITY;

GERMANY;

CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA; EPHEMEROPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 0343526738     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-4164-2_18     Document Type: Conference Paper

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