An environmental typology of freshwater sites in Luxembourg as a tool for predicting macroinvertebrate fauna under non-polluted conditions

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 212, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 99-108

  Ferreol M ^a   Dohet, A ^a   Cauchie, H M ^a   Hoffmann, L ^a  

^a LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Macroinvertebrates; Predictive model; Quality assessment; River health; Typology

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; QUALITY CONTROL; RIVERS;

ENVIRONMENTAL TYPOLOGY; MACROINVERTEBRATE COMMUNITIES; RIVER QUALITY;

WATER RESOURCES;

ABUNDANCE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PREDICTION; TYPOLOGY;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; LUXEMBOURG [BENELUX]; WESTERN EUROPE;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 38949164745     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2007.10.016     Document Type: Article

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