Direct comparison of assessment methods using benthic macroinvertebrates: A contribution to the EU Water Framework Directive intercalibration exercise

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 566, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 401-415

  Birk, Sebastian ^a   Hering, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biological assessment index; Common intercalibration type; Ecological quality classification; EU Water Framework Directive; Macroinvertebrates; STAR project

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); DATABASE SYSTEMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVERS;

BIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT INDEX; COMMON INTERCALIBRATION TYPE; ECOLOGICAL QUALITY CLASSIFICATION; EU WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE; MACROINVERTEBRATES; STAR PROJECT;

ECOLOGY;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BENTHOS; CALIBRATION; CLASSIFICATION; HABITAT QUALITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; RIVER;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NORTHERN EUROPE; POLAND; SCANDINAVIA; SLOVAKIA; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33746087290     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0081-8     Document Type: Article

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