Structure of macroinvertebrate communities in relation to environmental variables in a subtropical Asian river system

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 42-57

  Jiang, Xiao Ming ^a,b   Xiong, Jing ^a,b   Qiu, Jian Wen ^c   Wu, Jin Ming ^a,b   Wang, Jian Wei ^a   Xie, Zhi Cai ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Canonical correspondence analysis; Chishui basin; Habitat variables; Variance partitioning

Indexed keywords

CANONICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT QUALITY; MACROBENTHOS; MACROINVERTEBRATE; RIVER SYSTEM; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

CHINA; CHISHUI BASIN;

EID: 76749128111     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: 15222632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iroh.200811131     Document Type: Article

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