Relationships among biological elements (macrophytes, macroinvertebrates and ichthyofauna) for different core river types across Europe at two different spatial scales

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 566, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 75-90

  Pinto, Paulo ^a   Morais, Manuela ^a   Ilhéu, Maria ^a   Sandin, Leonard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fishes; Linkages; Lotic ecosystems; Macroinvertebrates; Macrophytes; Mantel correlations; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DATA REDUCTION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; RIVERS;

FISHES; LINKAGES; LOTIC ECOSYSTEMS; MACROINVERTEBRATES; MACROPHYTES; MANTEL CORRELATIONS; SPATIAL SCALE;

BIODIVERSITY;

FISH; ICHTHYOFAUNA; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MACROPHYTE; RIVER;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

PISCES;

EID: 33746068969     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0069-4     Document Type: Article

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