Evaluation of sampling methods for macroinvertebrate biodiversity estimation in heavily vegetated ponds

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 597, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 97-107

  Becerra Jurado, G ^a   Masterson, M ^b   Harrington, R ^a   Kelly Quinn, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b Old Custom House ^*  (Ireland)

Author keywords

Activity traps; Biodiversity; Macroinvertebrates; Pond; Sampling methods; Wetland

Indexed keywords

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; PONDING; VEGETATION; WETLANDS;

INTEGRATED CONSTRUCTED WETLAND (ICW); MACROINVERTEBRATES; VEGETATED PONDS;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; ESTIMATION METHOD; MACROINVERTEBRATE; POND; SAMPLING; SPECIES RICHNESS; WETLAND;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 37549007120     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-9217-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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