Use of invertebrate traits for the biomonitoring of European large rivers: The effects of sampling effort on genus richness and functional diversity

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 159-173

  Bady, Pierre ^a   Dolédec, Sylvain ^a   Fesl, Christian ^b,c   Gayraud, Sébastien ^a   Bacchi, Michel ^d   Schöll, Franz ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^e Kaiserin Augusta Anlagen   (Germany)

Author keywords

Functional diversity; Large river; Macroinvertebrate community; Sample effort; Taxa richness

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; MACROINVERTEBRATE; RIVER; SAMPLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 12744253643     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2004.01287.x     Document Type: Article

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