Finding appropriate reference sites in large-scale aquatic field experiments

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 169-179

  Schmidt, Susanne I ^a   König Rinke, Marie ^b   Kornek, Katja ^b   Winkelmann, Carola ^b   Wetzel, Markus A ^a   Koop, Jochen H E ^a   Benndorf, Jürgen ^b  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Experimental design; Field study; Fish; Macrozoobenthos; Similarity; Stream ecology

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DOMINANCE; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FISH; FOOD WEB; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT QUALITY; MACROBENTHOS; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SIMILARITY INDEX; SITE SELECTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAM;

EID: 59849103411     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10452-007-9155-6     Document Type: Article

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