Benthic macroinvertebrate community structure in relation to food and environmental variables

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 519, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 103-115

  Peeters, Edwin T H M ^a   Gylstra, Ronald ^a   Vos, Jose H ^b,c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Benthos; Multivariate analyses; Shallow lakes; Trophic groups; Variance partitioning

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATES; DATA REDUCTION; FATTY ACIDS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; PH EFFECTS; PROTEINS;

MACROINVERTEBRATES; ORGANIC MATTER;

SEDIMENTS;

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 3442885231     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HYDR.0000026497.48827.70     Document Type: Article

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