Modelling lake macroinvertebrate species in the shallow sublittoral: Relative roles of habitat, lake morphology, aquatic chemistry and sediment composition

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 633, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 123-136

  Free, Gary ^a,e   Solimini, Angelo G ^a,b   Rossaro, Bruno ^c   Marziali, Laura ^c   Giacchini, Roberto ^c   Paracchini, Bruno ^a   Ghiani, Michela ^a   Vaccaro, Stefano ^a   Gawlik, Bernd Manfred ^a   Fresner, Roswitha ^d   Santner, Georg ^d   Schönhuber, Michael ^d   Cardoso, Ana Cristina ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d Kärntner Institut für Seenforschung   (Austria)

^e ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Lake macroinvertebrates; Nonparametric multiplicative regression; Sub alpine lakes; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

MACROINVERTEBRATES; NON-PARAMETRIC; SUB-ALPINE; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES;

CHLOROPHYLL; ECOSYSTEMS; EUTROPHICATION; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; LAKES; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PHOSPHORUS; PORPHYRINS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; WATER CONSERVATION;

MODELS;

ABUNDANCE; CHLOROPHYLL A; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EUTROPHICATION; HABITAT QUALITY; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LAKE WATER; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

EPHEMERA DANICA;

EID: 71349084701     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-009-9869-7     Document Type: Article

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