Applying life-history strategies for freshwater macroinvertebrates to lentic waters

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1739-1753

  Verberk, Wilco C E P ^a   Siepel, Henk ^a,b   Esselink, Hans ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Causal mechanisms; Indicator species; Species traits; Water framework directive

Indexed keywords

EID: 49649098219     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2008.02036.x     Document Type: Article

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