Longitudinal and seasonal variation of the benthic macroinvertebrate community and biotic indices in an undisturbed Pyrenean river

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 52-63

  Leunda, Pedro M ^a   Oscoz, Javier ^a   Miranda, Rafael ^a   Ariño, Arturo H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Erro River; Iberian Peninsula; Macrozoobenthos; Seasonality; Spatial variation; Temporal variation

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; DROUGHT; FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; FORESTRY; GRADIENT METHODS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVERS; WATER QUALITY;

ABSOLUTE VALUES; AQUATIC HABITATS; ASSEMBLAGE COMPOSITION; BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATE; BIOMONITORING; BIOTIC INDICES; CANOPY COVER (CC); CHANNEL WIDTH (WC); CONSERVATION EFFORTS; DATA MATRICES; EBRO RIVER BASIN; FREE-FLOWING; MACRO INVERTEBRATES; MACROINVERTEBRATE COMMUNITIES; PHYSICAL FEATURES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; SAMPLING SITES; SEASONAL VARIATIONS; SIMILARITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SPATIO TEMPORAL GRADIENTS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL; SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATIONS; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS (TDS); UNDISTURBED (IGC: D6/D7); WATER TEMPERATURES; WATER VELOCITIES;

RIVER POLLUTION;

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ACCOUNTING; BIODIVERSITY; CONDUCTIVITY; DATA PROCESSING; DISSOLVING; DROUGHT; FORESTRY; POLLUTION; RIVERS; SAMPLING; SOLIDS; TEMPERATURE; WATER QUALITY;

ERRO RIVER; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 48349095522     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2008.01.009     Document Type: Article

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