Predicting the stream macroinvertebrate fauna across regional scales: Influence of geographical extent on model performance

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 705-716

  Mykrä, Heikki ^a   Aroviita, Jukka ^b   Kotanen, Juho ^c   Hämäläinen, Heikki ^b   Muotka, Timo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c Finland's Environmental Administration   (Finland)

Author keywords

Assemblage structure; Benthic macroinvertebrates; Bioassessment; Geographical extent; Predictive models; Streams

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CATCHMENT; ECOREGION; ERROR ANALYSIS; HEADWATER; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 51549119317     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/07-074.1     Document Type: Article

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