Comparison of macroinvertebrate sampling methods in Europe

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 566, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 365-378

  Friberg, Nikolai ^a   Sandin, Leonard ^b   Furse, Mike T ^c   Larsen, Søren E ^a   Clarke, Ralph T ^c   Haase, Peter ^d  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioassessment; Macroinvertebrates; Metrics; STAR; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DEGRADATION; EUTROPHICATION; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; POLLUTION; STANDARDS;

BIOASSESSMENT; MACROINVERTEBRATES; METRICS; STAR; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE;

SAMPLING;

MACROINVERTEBRATE; SAMPLING; STANDARD (REFERENCE); STREAM;

AUSTRIA; BALTIC STATES; CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; GERMANY; GREECE; ITALY; LATVIA; NORTHERN EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SCANDINAVIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33746070080     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0083-6     Document Type: Article

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