Influence of geographical extent on typology- and model-based assessments of taxonomic completeness of river macroinvertebrates

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1774-1787

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bioassessment; O E index; Predictive models; Rare taxa; RIVPACS type models; Spatial scale; Streams; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

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EID: 67650305676     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2009.02210.x     Document Type: Article

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