Towards environmental assessment of river ecosystems by analyzing energy reserves of aquatic invertebrates

Limnologica

Volumn 38, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 378-387

  Koop, Jochen H E ^a   Schäffer, Michael ^b,c   Ortmann, Christian ^a   Winkelmann, Carola ^b  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dikerogammarus villosus; Glossiphonia complanata; Glycogen; Heptagenia flava; Physiological fitness; Triglycerides

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ENERGY BUDGET; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FITNESS; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT SELECTION; INVERTEBRATE; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUBSTRATE PREFERENCE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; ELBE RIVER; EURASIA; EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DIKEROGAMMARUS VILLOSUS; EPHEMEROPTERA; GAMMARIDAE; GLOSSIPHONIA COMPLANATA; GLOSSIPHONIIDAE; HEPTAGENIA FLAVA; HEPTAGENIIDAE; HIRUDINEA; HIRUDINIDA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 56749164094     PISSN: 00759511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.limno.2008.05.004     Document Type: Article

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