Patterning exergy of benthic macroinvertebrate communities using self-organizing maps

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 195, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 105-113

  Park, Young Seuk ^a   Lek, Sovan ^a   Scardi, Michele ^b   Verdonschot, Piet F M ^c   Jørgensen, Sven E ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ecological indicator; Trophical functional group; Water body types

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; ECOLOGY; FREE ENERGY; SELF ORGANIZING MAPS;

ECOLOGICAL INDICATOR; TROPHICAL FUNCTIONAL GROUP; WATER BODY TYPES;

EXERGY;

BENTHOS; BIOMASS; EXERGY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MAPPING; SELF ORGANIZATION;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33646130152     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2005.11.027     Document Type: Article

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