A mechanistic model of benthos community dynamics in the River Sihl, Switzerland

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1372-1392

  Schuwirth, Nele ^a   Kühni, Martin ^a   Schweizer, Steffen ^a   Uehlinger, Urs ^a   Reichert, Peter ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Benthos; Invertebrates; Mechanistic model; Periphyton

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 44649178258     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2008.01970.x     Document Type: Article

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