Bioindication and functional response in floodplain systems: Where to from here?

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 380-387

  Henle, Klaus ^a   Scholz, Mathias ^a,b   Dziock, Frank ^a,c   Stab, Sabine ^d   Foeckler, Francis ^e  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d National Park Information Centre   (Germany)

^e ÖKON Ltd Ass for Landscape Ecology Limnology and Environmental Planning   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aquatic terrestrial transition zone concept; Bioindication; Floodplains; Functional assessment; Monitoring; Shifting habitat mosaic concept

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMARKERS; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

BIOINDICATOR; DATABASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLOODPLAIN; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; INSECT; MOLLUSC; PLANT; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

CARABIDAE; MOLLUSCA; SYRPHIDAE;

EID: 33748310332     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: 15222632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iroh.200610891     Document Type: Article

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