Characterization of benthic macroinvertebrate communities in a restored stream by using self-organizing map

Ecological Informatics

Volumn 1, Issue 3 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 295-305

  Song, Mi Young ^a   Park, Young Seuk ^b   Kwak, Inn Sil ^c   Woo, Hyoseop ^d   Chon, Tae Soo ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^c Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^d Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Artificial neural network; Biotic indices; Macroinvertebrates; Polluted stream; Restoration; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BENTHOS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HETEROGENEITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MAPPING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; STREAM; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 33750144353     PISSN: 15749541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2005.12.001     Document Type: Article

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