Species diversity and functional assessment of macroinvertebrate communities in Austrian rivers

Limnology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 63-74

  Yoshimura, Chihiro ^a,b   Tockner, Klement ^b   Omura, Tatsuo ^c   Moog, Otto ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Assessment; Biodiversity; Ecosystem functions; Functional feeding groups; Invertebrates; Nestedness; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NESTEDNESS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33747185900     PISSN: 14398621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10201-006-0170-4     Document Type: Article

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