Concordance between ecotypes and macroinvertebrate assemblages in Mediterranean streams

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2240-2255

  Sánchez Montoya, Maria Del Mar ^a   Puntí, Tura ^b   Suárez, Maria Luisa ^a   Vidal Abarca, Maria Del Rosario ^a   Rieradevall, Maria ^b   Poquet, José Manuel ^c   Zamora Muñoz, Carmen ^c   Robles, Santiago ^d   Álvarez, Maruxa ^e   Alba Tercedor, Javier ^c   Toro, Manuel ^f   Pujante, Ana Maria ^g   Munné, Antoni ^h   Prat, Narcís ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^d Cimera Estudios Aplicados SL   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^f Center for Hidrographic Studies   (Spain)

^g Parque Tecnologico   (Spain)

^h Catalan Water Agency   (Spain)

Author keywords

Benthic macroinvertebrates; GUADALMED project; Mediterranean streams; Typology; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

EID: 35248891474     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2007.01826.x     Document Type: Article

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