Influence of taxonomic resolution and data transformation on biotic matrix concordance and assemblage-environment relationships in stream macroinvertebrates

Boreal Environment Research

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 359-369

  Heino, Jani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

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