A priori typology-based prediction of benthic macroinvertebrate fauna for ecological classification of rivers

Environmental Management

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 894-906

  Aroviita, Jukka ^a   Koskenniemi, Esa ^b   Kotanen, Juho ^b   Hämäläinen, Heikki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b Finland's Environmental Administration   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bioassessment; Predictive models; Rare taxa; RIVPACS; Streams; Typology; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

BIOASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE MODELS; RARE TAXA; RIVPACS; STREAMS; TYPOLOGY; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE;

CATCHMENTS; FORECASTING; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; PROBABILITY; RANDOM PROCESSES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

RIVERS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BENTHOS; BIOASSAY; CLASSIFICATION; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; RARE SPECIES; RIFFLE; TYPOLOGY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BENTHIC FAUNA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; MACROBENTHOS; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MODEL; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COMMUNITY; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; RIVER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TAXON; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FINLAND; FORECASTING; GEOGRAPHY; INVERTEBRATES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 54049141644     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-008-9173-8     Document Type: Article

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