Biological quality metrics: Their variability and appropriate scale for assessing streams

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 566, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 153-172

  Springe, Gunta ^a   Sandin, Leonard ^b   Briede, Agrita ^a   Skuja, Agnija ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biological quality elements; High quality sites; Medium sized lowland streams; Metric variability; Spatial scale; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CORRELATION METHODS; METRIC SYSTEM; RIVER BASIN PROJECTS; RIVERS; SAMPLING;

BIOLOGICAL QUALITY ELEMENTS; HIGH QUALITY SITES; MEDIUM-SIZED LOWLAND STREAMS; METRIC VARIABILITY; SPATIAL SCALE; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE;

ECOLOGY;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; DIATOM; DIVERSITY INDEX; FISH; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MACROPHYTE; RIVER BASIN; STREAM;

BALTIC STATES; EURASIA; EUROPE; LATVIA; NORTHERN EUROPE;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; PISCES;

EID: 33746051640     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0099-y     Document Type: Article

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